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Word: Costume
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from French, from Italian costume ‘custom, fashion, habit’, from Latin consuetudo (see custom)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒstjuːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period
Short Definition:set of clothes in regional or historical style
Examples:- authentic Elizabethan costumes
- dancers in national costume
Word: Costume
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒstjuːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
dress (someone) in a particular set of clothes
Short Definition:dress someone
Examples:- the dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth-century dresses
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