cos|tume

cos|tume
cos|tume «noun. KOS toom, -tyoom; verb. kos TOOM, -TYOOM», noun, verb, -tumed, -tum|ing.
–n.
1. dress; outer clothing; style of dress, including the way the hair is worn, kind of jewelry worn, and the like: »

The clown wore a funny costume. The kimono is part of the national costume of Japan. Archeologists and historians will not quarrel much with the weapons and the costumes of the period (Newsweek).

 SYNONYM(S): garb, attire, apparel, raiment.
2. dress belonging to another time or place, such as is worn on the stage or at masquerades: »

The actors wore colonial costumes of breeches, long coats, and powdered wigs.

3. fashion or style of dress appropriate to an occasion or season: »

hunting costume.

SYNONYM(S): livery.
4. a complete set of outer garments: »

a street costume. She wore…the same odds-and-ends costume, and there was the same loose pile of nondescript hair (New Yorker).

 SYNONYM(S): outfit.
–v.t.
to provide a costume or costumes for; dress: »

One guest was costumed in Oriental style.

SYNONYM(S): clothe, garb, attire.
╂[< French costume < Italian, fashion, habit, custom < Vulgar Latin cōnsuētūmen. See etym. of doublet custom. (Cf. ↑custom)]

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