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I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.
David Morrissey

Meaning of "fancy dress" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FANCY DRESS

fancy dress play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FANCY DRESS

noun
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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
Fancy dress is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FANCY DRESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fancy dress

Costume

Costume is the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. A costume can be a particular style of clothing worn to portray the wearer as a character or type of character other than their regular persona at a social event such as a masquerade, a fancy dress party or in a theatre performance.

Definition of fancy dress in the English dictionary

The definition of fancy dress in the dictionary is costume worn at masquerades, etc, usually representing a particular role, historical figure, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FANCY DRESS

fanciest
fanciful
fancifully
fancifulness
fancify
fanciless
fancily
fanciness
Fanconi anaemia
fancy
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fancy dress party
fancy free
fancy goods
fancy man
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fancy woman
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FANCY DRESS

A-line dress
actress
address
cocktail dress
contact address
cross-dress
direct address
dress
evening dress
formal dress
headdress
home address
IP address
mailing address
minidress
party dress
redress
sundress
undress
web address
wedding dress

Synonyms and antonyms of fancy dress in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fancy dress» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FANCY DRESS

Find out the translation of fancy dress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fancy dress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fancy dress» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

化装舞会服装
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disfraz
570 millions of speakers

English

fancy dress
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फैंसी ड्रेस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَلَابِسُ تَنَكُّرِيَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

маскарадный костюм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fantasia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিনব পোশাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déguisement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pakaian mewah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maskenkostüm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

仮装服
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가장 무도회 의상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sugih apik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quần áo hóa trang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆடம்பரமான உடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॅन्सी ड्रेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Süslü kıyafet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

costume
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przebranie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маскарадний костюм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

costum de bal mascat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκριάτικη στολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fancy dress
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maskeradkläder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

karnevalskostyme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fancy dress

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FANCY DRESS»

The term «fancy dress» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FANCY DRESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fancy dress

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5 QUOTES WITH «FANCY DRESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fancy dress.
1
Charles M. Blow
I was born in the summer of 1970, the last of five boys stretched over eight years. My parents were a struggling young couple who had been married one afternoon under a shade tree by a preacher without a church. No guests or fancy dress, just the two of them, lost in love, and the preacher taking a break from working on a house.
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Ana Gasteyer
I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.
3
David Morrissey
I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.
4
Matt Smith
I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest.
5
Juno Temple
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FANCY DRESS»

Discover the use of fancy dress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fancy dress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fashion and Fancy: Dress and Meaning in Rembrandt's Paintings
Here, Marieke de Winkel offers a fascinating and much-needed study of dress and costume in the works of Rembrandt.
Marieke de Winkel, 2006
2
Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy
This cheerful and inviting Early Reader brings the blast of colour that Rainbow Magic's youngest fans have been waiting for!
Daisy Meadows, 2012
3
The Fairy Bell Sisters #3: Golden at the Fancy-Dress Party
For fans of Rainbow Magic Fairies and Disney Fairies comes the third book in the Fairy Bell Sisters, a magical and utterly charming chapter-book series about Tinker Bell's little sisters, by Margaret McNamara.
Margaret McNamara, 2013
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The Spuds - The Fancy Dress Party
The. Fancy. Dress. Party. It was after school time and the Spuds had all met up in the park. Eddie had brought along a ball so they began playing footy. Spud only liked to play goalkeeper, so that left Eddie, Chrissy and Chippy on one team ...
David J. Haydon, 2011
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Fancy Dress Tips for Bald Men
Sid Wright. Fancy Dress Tips For BalD Men Fancy Dress Tips For BalD Men sid Wright Copyright ©
Sid Wright, 2013
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Fancy Dress
Inspiring costume ideas for dressing up for a play or a party.
Tessa Brown, 2012
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Local records
... uniform ; Mrs. D., full dress ; Miss Dale, (Dockwray Square), fancy dress ; Mrs. Depledge, full dress ; Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Dixon, full dress ; Miss Dobson, a lady of the 16th century ; Miss Donkin, fancy dress; Mr. Downing, court dress of George ...
John Sykes, John Sykes (of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.), 1833
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Feminist Subjects, Multi-media: Cultural Methodologies
Fancy dress partakes of the carnivalesque, a turning upside-down of the everyday order of hierarchies of class, status, gender, ethnicity. A bus conductor's daughter can be queen for an hour — or even, indeed, king, for girls can be boys and ...
Penny Florence, Dee Reynolds, 1995
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Rainbow Magic: Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy
Rachel's cousin is holding a summer fancy dress ball in a Scottish Castle and Rachel and Kirsty have been invited along.
Daisy Meadows, 2012
10
Visual Ephemera: Theatrical Art in Nineteenth-century Australia
This is seen in the popularity of Artists' Balls in the twentieth century, and even in the theatrical sports matches of the nineteenth, when actors and scene painters played cricket or football while dressed in extravagant fancy dress. Frederick ...
Anita Callaway, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FANCY DRESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fancy dress is used in the context of the following news items.
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Disney wins duel with fancy dress shop over starwars.co.uk
After owning the domain name starwars.co.uk for the past ten years, a fancy dress retailer in the UK is being forced to relinquish it to Disney. «Engadget, Jul 15»
2
16 times Wimbledon fans brought their fancy dress A game
Ferne McCann talks Celebrity Love Island: "If I'm single, why not? Give it a whirl". Black Sabbath guitar legend Tony Iommi jams with star-struck ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
3
Watch brave have-a-go gran stop fancy dress shop thieves from …
This video shows the second that a grandmother stopped two thieves from stealing a cash box from the shop where she was working. Johanna ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Kettering fancy dress disco raises £3000 for animal charity
A fancy dress disco with a difference in Kettering raised more than £3,000 for a dog rescue centre. The Filthy Mutts charity fundraiser took place ... «Northamptonshire Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Caerphilly thug jailed for vicious attack that left soldier with epilepsy
But Richards was then identified by his victim, who remembered his fancy dress costumes. James Richards, centre, who has been jailed for two ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Wickerman dedicate festival fancy dress theme to founder Jamie …
WICKERMAN Festival has announced an extra special fancy dress theme to pay tribute to the event's founder Jamie Gilroy who died in 2014. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
7
Stolen Peppa Pig costume is home safe and well at Waterlooville …
A PEPPA Pig costume which was stolen from a fancy dress shop was tracked down by the owner – to an online auction site. The bright pink ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
8
Medical student 'burnt to the bone' in Galway nightclub attack
... Dublin, who was a second year medical student at NUIG at the time, was attending a Halloween fancy dress party at Halo nightclub at Upper ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Tug of war, fancy dress contest mark splashy end to Hong Kong …
In another fun-filled tilt, 13 teams that competed in various categories of the carnival battled it out for the “best fancy dress” award. Some teams ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
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Meet the lady who wore fancy dress for a whole year
Well, those were some of the difficult decisions faced by Eve Hazelton, who has just finished her year-long task of wearing fancy dress every ... «CBBC Newsround, Jul 15»

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