costumery
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]costumery (usually uncountable, plural costumeries)
- Costumes in general.
- 1978 August 5, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
- I'm tall, attrac. male, 28, delighting in 20th century costumery (leotards, skin-tight jeans and white pants, bikinis, etc.).
- 2007 June 29, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- POLYPHONIC SPREE (Sunday) The grandiose costumery — flowing white robes, black military-style suits decorated with peace symbols — is the first hint of this 26-piece band and choir’s faux-charismatic smarm.