costume English · revision 6976

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1715|origins=la consuetudo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/, /ˈkɒs.t͡ʃuːm/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/, /ˈkɑsˌt͡ʃum/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|costume]], from [[it|costume|t=fashion, habit, custom]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Vulgar Latin *cōnsuētūmen, for Latin [[m|la|consuetudo|alt=cōnsuētūdō|t=habit, custom]] (accusative cōnsuētūdinem).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[custom]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In historical art, the custom and fashion of the period represented: 1715.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was first an art term for congruity of dress, furniture and so on in a picture.^(Etymonline) From the customary dress of the period in which a scene is laid, it broadened by 1818 to any style of dress,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and a set of outer clothes, especially a woman's, in the 19th century.^(Hoad 1986) An actor's dress is from 1883, and a bathing costume from 1884.^(OED 1989) The verb is from 1823,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and ''costume jewellery'' by 1917.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1715 – in art, the fashion of a period.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1802 – a mode of dress.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1823 – the verb.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1883 – an actor's dress.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1917 – costume jewelry.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A set of clothes worn to look like someone or something else, as by an actor or at a party.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The style of dress of a particular place, period or people.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(British)'' A [[swimsuit]]; a swimming costume.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To dress in a costume.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[costumey]]

+ * [[cossie]]

+ * [[costumery]]

+ * [[costumer]]

+ * [[costumier]]

+ * [[recostume]]

+ * [[academic costume]]

+ * [[costume jewelry]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[customary]]

+ * [[custom]]

+ * [[accustom]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}