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costumed

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cos·tume  (kstm, -tym)
n.
1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
2. An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.
3. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
tr.v. (k-stm, -stym, kstm, -tym) cos·tumed, cos·tum·ing, cos·tumes
1. To put a costume on; dress.
2. To design or furnish costumes for.
[French, from Italian, style, dress, from Latin cnsutd, custom; see custom.]
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Adj.1.costumed - dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class
clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"
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In Frankfort at the Romer was a great mask-ball, at the coronation festival, and in the illuminated saloon, the clanging music invited to dance, and splendidly appeared the rich toilets and charms of the ladies, and the festively costumed Princes and Knights.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The great gate is flung open, and the procession marches in, splendidly costumed and glittering: the marshals of the day, then the picadores on horseback, then the matadores on foot, each surrounded by his quadrille of CHULOS.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
As for the company of foxes assembled to dine with the strangers, they were most beautifully costumed, and their rich dresses made Dorothy's simple gown and Button-Bright's sailor suit and the shaggy man's shaggy clothes look commonplace.
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