cosplay

Meanings

Noun

• The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.
• A skit or instance of this art or practice.

Verb

• To costume oneself as a character.
• To costume oneself as (a character).

Origin

• Borrowed from Japanese コスプレ, which is a contraction of コスチュームプレイ, equivalent to an English .