Complete Definition of "Bergamask"

English

Alternative spellings
Bergomask

Etymology
From the Italian Bergamasco (from Bergamo, itself from German Bergheim, meaning "mountain home").

Adjective
Bergamask

  1. Of or characteristic of Bergamo, Italy.

Quotations
1594-6 "Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of our company?" — Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Category:English adjectives

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