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costumey en · ADJ

Etymology

From costume + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal, of clothing) Overly elaborate, like a costume.
   • But I get bored fast, and I wear more costumey clothes — wild, crazy, funky stuff from all kinds of shops on Melrose or downtown Manhattan. 2004, Paris Hilton, Merle Ginsberg, Jeff Vespa, Confessions of an heiress:
   • Flappers and prohibition are not that interesting and anything too long will look costumey instead of fashionable... 2005, April Masini, Think and Date Like a Man:

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