## Meanings
1. A set of clothes worn to look like someone or something else, often for fun.
2. The clothes worn by actors in a play or film.
3. The traditional clothing of a particular country, time, or people.
4. To dress someone in a costume.

## Examples
- We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
- She won the prize for the best costume in the school play.
- The dancers wore the national costume of their region.
- The actors were costumed as soldiers from the medieval period.

## Synonyms
- getup
- outfit

## Derived Forms
- cossie
- costumal
- costumeless
- costumer
- costumery
- costumey
- costumic
- costumier
- costumist

## Related Forms
- custom
- customary
- uniform

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: costume
- Root: consuetudo
- Root: costumer

## Etymology
Borrowed from French costume, from Italian costume, from Latin consuētūdō (“custom, habit”). Doublet of consuetude, custom, and kastom. Verb circa 1802, perhaps modelled on French costumer.

## AI Etymology
costume was borrowed from French costume, from Italian costume, from Latin consuētūdō (“custom, habit”). Doublet of consuetude, custom, and kastom. Verb circa 1802, perhaps modelled on French costumer. The historical chain includes Italian costume, Latin consuetudo, French costumer. Current senses include A set of clothes worn to look like someone or something else, often for fun and The clothes worn by actors in a play or film. English relatives and later formations include cossie, costumal, costumeless, custom, customary.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance
- Entertainment & Leisure

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