A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume" 2: 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" 3: the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments) 4: the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume" v 1: dress in a costume; "We dressed up
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answered by happylittletoes 6
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WHAT IS COSTUME?
cos·tume audio (kstm, -tym) KEY
NOUN:
1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
2. An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.
3. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
cos·tumed , cos·tum·ing , cos·tumes (k-stm, -stym, kstm, -tym)
1. To put a costume on; dress.
2. To design or furnish costumes for.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Italian, style, dress, from Latin cnsutd, custom ; see custom
2006-08-10 16:19:28
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answered by Val b 2
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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 on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.
A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
2006-08-10 16:18:09
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answered by woman38 5
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i think the meaning of costume is something that u wear or put on as a disguise or to look like someone or something else
2006-08-10 16:17:28
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answered by italianb 5
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A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
2006-08-10 16:25:46
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answered by masterblaster146 2
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a style of dress including garmets,accessories, hairstyle, as part of a paticular period in time,diff countries, or of ppl. a disquise of sorts.
2006-08-10 16:24:04
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answered by big foot 4
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clothing
2006-08-10 16:18:17
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answered by lolitakali 6
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google it
2006-08-10 16:17:02
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answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7
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