About The Word Costume
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Costume
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What's The Definition Of Costume?
[n] the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"
[n] the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume" [n] unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume" [n] the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments) [adj] characterized by the use of period costume or fancy dress; "a costume movie"; "a costume ball" [v] dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" [v] furnish with costumes; as for a film or play Synonyms | Synonyms for Costume: dress up Related Terms | Find terms related to Costume: accouter | apparel | array | attire | ballet skirt | bedizenment | bib and tucker | blackface | buskin | cap and bells | caparison | clothes | clothing | clown white | disguise | drapery | dress | dressing | duds | equip | fashion | fatigues | feathers | fig | fit | fit out | frock | garb | garments | gear | getup | greasepaint | guise | habiliment | habit | investiture | investment | kit | linen | livery | makeup | masquerade | motley | outfit | practical piece | prop | property | rags | raiment | rig | rig out | rig up | robes | sock | sportswear | style | suit | theatrical makeup | threads | tights | togs | toilette | trim | turn out | tutu | uniform | vestment | vesture | wear | wearing apparel See Also | academic costume | apparel | attire | clothe | dress | dress | enclothe | fancy dress | fit out | furnish | garb | garb | garment | habilitate | masquerade | masquerade costume | provide | raiment | render | rigout | supply | tog | wardrobe Costume In Webster's Dictionary \Cos"tume`\ (k?s"t?m` or k?s-t?m"), n. [F. costume, It.
costume custom, dress, fr. L. consuetumen (not found), for
consuetudo custom. See {Custom}, and cf. {Consuetude}.]
1. Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of
a people, class, or period.
2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture,
statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time,
place, or other circumstances represented or described.
I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the
Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with
the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The
costume, too, is admirable. --Sir J.
Mackintosh.
3. A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic
purposes.
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