costume
//ˈkɒs.tjuːm//
Forms
- Plural
- costumes
- present (v1)
- costume
- past (v2)
- costumed
- past participle (v3)
- costumed
- present participle
- costuming
- 3rd person singular
- costumes
Definitions
1.A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- The apology came after a netizen claimed Soberano was supposedly doing a black face, but the latter said, in defense, it was just a “costume.”
2.An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
- We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
3.A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
- The bride wore a grey going-away costume.
4.A swimming costume.
- They call their bathing suits down there "costumes."
1.To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3758
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Borrowed from French costume, from Italian costume, from Latin consuētūdō (“custom, habit”). Doublet of consuetude, custom, and kastom.
Verb circa 1802, perhaps modelled on French costumer.