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costumed

costumed

1 4.1
Wearing special clothes to act as someone else or to look like people from another time
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɒstjuːmd/
translation icon : disfrazado
  • Costumed.
  • costumed interpreters
  • costumed revelers
  • costumed guides

Examples

  • Costumed superheroes ultimately battle criminals in the name of the law, even if they themselves often operate outside a strictly legal framework.

    Blog text (31)
  • Costumed dancers will perform traditional dances from various regions and islands of Greece.

  • Costumed class members described the people and events on the posters to passing students.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I Don't Know Who He Is, But The Costumed Fool Is Out Of My Way Now.

  • Costumed interpreters at the re-created James Fort posed while showing the "challenges of life in the new land."

    Academic text (1995)
  • Costumed revelers.

    Academic text (1998)
  • YOU KNOW IN THE LAST "ROLLING STONE" COSTUMED HERO POLL - I WAS VOTED "MOST--" -

  • Costumed children marched down the street, an Egg Day Queen was crowned, and a tradition was born.

  • Costumed guides lead tours and describe plantation life of those times.

Synonyms

dressed-up
vscostumed
82 2.7

Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event

in contrast focuses on clothing that imitates a period, culture, or role
clad
vscostumed
28 6.5

Wearing clothes of a certain kind

applies when the clothing signals a historical or performance identity
clad in
vscostumed
12 3.9

Wearing a certain kind of clothing or covered with a material

focuses on clothing tied to a period, culture, or theatrical event
dressed
vscostumed
1 1.0

Wearing special clothes for an occasion, for example a party

is specifically about wearing historical, cultural, or performance clothing
attired
vscostumed
  • Formal
1 5.4

Wearing special or formal clothes

is about wearing clothes that represent a period, class, or performance
garbed
vscostumed
  • Literature
1 7.4

Wearing certain clothes, often formal or special

relates more to clothing that signals a period, place, or role
garmented
vscostumed
  • Archaic
9.0

Wearing fine clothes for a special event

is narrower, meaning clothing that evokes a specific era or event
dighted
vscostumed
  • Archaic
9.9

Dressed or decorated for a special event

keeps the event focus but specifically names historical or theatrical dress
appareled
vscostumed
  • Literature
8.2

To be dressed in fine or special clothes

is more about clothing used to represent a past time or performance
habilimented
vscostumed
  • Archaic
9.9

Wearing fine or special clothes

specifically denotes wearing garments that signal historical, cultural, or staged identity

How Dressed

costumey
  • Informal
3 7.0
costumed
1 4.1
dressed
1 1.0
undressed
  • NSFW
1.9

Surface Forms

costumed positive

Morphology

costumed = costume (transparent) = costume + ed

Formed from 'costume' plus the participial/adjectival suffix '-ed', meaning 'wearing a costume', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Costumed comes from costume, which originally meant a people's custom or 'usual dress'. So to be costumed is to be dressed in the clothes of a particular time, place, or character.