The Only Use of
semblance
in
Brave New World
- Hideously masked or painted out of all semblance of humanity, they had tramped out a strange limping dance round the square; round and again round, singing as they went, round and round–each time a little faster; and the drums had changed and quickened their rhythm, so that it became like the pulsing of fever in the ears; and the crowd had begun to sing with the dancers, louder and louder; and first one woman had shrieked, and then another and another, as though they were being killed;…†
p. 113..9
Definition:
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(semblance) a small amount of something; or something resembling (looking like) something else