All 3 Uses of
charade
in
Jane Eyre
- I wondered what they were going to do the first evening a change of entertainment was proposed: they spoke of "playing charades," but in my ignorance I did not understand the term.†
p. 211.6
- "Bridewell!" exclaimed Colonel Dent, and the charade was solved.†
p. 214.4 *
- What charade Colonel Dent and his party played, what word they chose, how they acquitted themselves, I no longer remember; but I still see the consultation which followed each scene: I see Mr. Rochester turn to Miss Ingram, and Miss Ingram to him; I see her incline her head towards him, till the jetty curls almost touch his shoulder and wave against his cheek; I hear their mutual whisperings; I recall their interchanged glances; and something even of the feeling roused by the spectacle returns in memory at this moment.†
p. 215.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(charade) a situation in which people act as though something is true that is not
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, charades is the name of a game in which a player acts out a phrase (such as the name of a movie) for others to guess.