Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: dress up

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

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