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costume noun [ ˈkɒstjuːm ]

• a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period.
• "authentic Elizabethan costumes"
Similar: outfit, ensemble, suit, dress, clothing, attire, garb, uniform, livery, array, regalia, clothes, garments, robes, get-up, gear, togs, garms, duds, glad rags, clobber, kit, strip, rig-out, threads, apparel, raiment, habiliments, vestments, vesture, habit,

costume verb

• dress (someone) in a particular set of clothes.
• "the dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth-century dresses"
Origin: early 18th century: from French, from Italian costume ‘custom, fashion, habit’, from Latin consuetudo (see custom).


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