makeup

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
  2. noun an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
  3. noun the way in which someone or something is composed

Etymology

Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

make-up, war paint

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