costume
Meaning
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- a style of dress characteristic of a particular country, period or people
- an outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress
- a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or task
- a suit worn by a man
Concepts
costume
suit
outfit
dress
garb
attire
clothing
gard
tuxedo
clothes for casual wear
academicals
zoot suit
garment
business suit
dress up
suit of clothes
lounge suit
two-piece
two-piece suit
habit
rig
overall
apparel
clothes
get-up
getup
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔs.tym/
Etymology
PIE word *ḱóm PIE word *swé Borrowed from Italian costume, from Latin cōnsuētūdinem (“custom, habit”). Doublet of coutume.
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