COSTUME

costume

(noun) the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; “he won the prize for best costume”

costume

(noun) the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; “he wore his national costume”

costume

(noun) 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”

costume

(noun) the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)

costume, dress up

(verb) dress in a costume; “We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins”

costume

(verb) furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

costume (countable and uncountable, plural costumes)

A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.

A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

Synonyms

• outfit

Verb

costume (third-person singular simple present costumes, present participle costuming, simple past and past participle costumed)

To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.

Anagrams

• custome

Source: Wiktionary

Cos"tume` (ks"tm` or ks-tm"), n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition