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Costume vs Costumey - What's the difference?

costume | costumey |

As a verb costume

is .

As a noun costume

is fancy dress.

As an adjective costumey is

(slang|of clothing) overly elaborate, like a costume.

costume

English

(wikipedia costume)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
    • ''The dancer was wearing Highland costume .
  • An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
    • ''We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
  • A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
    • ''The bride wore a grey going-away costume .

    Synonyms

    * outfit

    Derived terms

    * costumal * costume drama * costume jewellery * costume party * costumer, costumier * national costume

    Related terms

    * customary * custom

    See also

    * uniform

    Verb

  • To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.

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    costumey

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, of clothing) Overly elaborate, like a costume.
  • * 2004 , Paris Hilton, Merle Ginsberg, Jeff Vespa, Confessions of an heiress
    • But I get bored fast, and I wear more costumey clothes — wild, crazy, funky stuff from all kinds of shops on Melrose or downtown Manhattan.
  • * 2005 , April Masini, Think and Date Like a Man
    • Flappers and prohibition are not that interesting and anything too long will look costumey instead of fashionable...