An unusual or amusing costume worn to a social event to make someone look like, for example, a famous person or well-known fictional character.
schoolchildren were in the procession in fancy dress
as modifiera fancy dress competition
Example sentencesExamples
The costume party is formatted as a multi-venue themed fancy-dress art party and is attended by 8000 thousand partygoers - who arrive in teams in matching costumes - somehow related to the theme.
Don't bother hiring an expensive fancy-dress costume.
Following this is a fancy-dress competition, in which everyone in a Von Trapp costume will be invited on stage.
Then of course there is the famous fancy-dress competition in which everyone who has arrived in costume is invited onto the stage to show off.
They talk of going to future fancy-dress parties and of the costumes worn there.
Synonyms
disguise, veil, false face, domino, stocking mask
Definition of fancy dress in US English:
fancy dress
nounˈˌfansē ˈdresˈˌfænsi ˈdrɛs
An unusual or amusing costume worn to make someone look like a famous person, fictional character, or an animal, especially as part of a theme at a party.
（尤指化装舞会穿的）化装服
schoolchildren were in the procession in fancy dress
as modifiera fancy dress competition
Example sentencesExamples
Don't bother hiring an expensive fancy-dress costume.
The costume party is formatted as a multi-venue themed fancy-dress art party and is attended by 8000 thousand partygoers - who arrive in teams in matching costumes - somehow related to the theme.
They talk of going to future fancy-dress parties and of the costumes worn there.
Following this is a fancy-dress competition, in which everyone in a Von Trapp costume will be invited on stage.
Then of course there is the famous fancy-dress competition in which everyone who has arrived in costume is invited onto the stage to show off.