shroudie costume
- noun
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disfraz de mortaja
- He wore a shroudie costume to the Halloween party, complete with tattered white cloth and eerie makeup.
Examples
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The children laughed as they tried to make their own shroudie costume from an old sheet.
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At the costume contest, he impressed the judges with his detailed shroudie costume, which included ghostly tattered fabric.
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Her shroudie costume stood out among the other outfits at the haunted house event.
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She wore a shroudie costume for Halloween.
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The shroudie costumes were a hit at the party.
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Her shroudie costume was perfect for the spooky theme of the Halloween parade, complete with a hood and flowing drapes.
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The kids enjoyed crafting their own shroudie costumes for Halloween, using sheets and markers to create a ghostly look.
Synonyms
A playful outfit that is a little spooky and meant to make people laugh
How Spooky
Surface Forms
Morphology
shroudie + costume
The phrase is partly interpretable because 'costume' clearly denotes clothing and 'shroudie' appears to be formed from 'shroud' + a colloquial -ie suffix, so a learner can infer a costume that looks like a burial shroud. However, 'shroudie' is non‑standard/rare and the diminutive/colloquial formation may not be obvious to a B1 learner, so the connection is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The noun shroudie costume comes from the word shroud, a cloth used to cover a dead body, and costume, meaning a dressing-up outfit. Picture someone wrapped in a tattered white sheet like a wrapped body or a ghost, and you see why it means 'spooky' or 'to look like a ghost'.
