About The Word Costume

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Costume

Costume Meaning & Definition
Costume Definition And Meaning

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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