costumey

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adjective

Overly elaborate, like a costume.

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Meanings

adjectivecostumey (comparative more costumey, superlative most costumey)

comparative more costumey · superlative most costumey

  1. informalOverly elaborate, like a costume.

    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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    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

Origin

From costume + -y.

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APA

costumey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/costumey

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“costumey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/costumey. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “costumey,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/costumey.

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