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costumey

costumey adjective: overly elaborate, like a costume.

Adjective

costumey (comparative more costumey, superlative most costumey)

  1. (informal) 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

Forms of costumey

comparativemore costumey
superlativemost costumey

Origin of costumey

From costume + -y.

Questions about costumey

What does costumey mean?
Costumey means overly elaborate, like a costume.
What part of speech is costumey?
Costumey is an adjective.

Words near costumey in the dictionary

  1. costumer
  2. costumeries
  3. costumers
  4. costumery
  5. costumes
  6. costumey
  7. costumic
  8. costumier
  9. costumiere
  10. costumieres
  11. costumiers

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