Transvest
Origin
Back-formation from {{3}}
Full definition of transvest
Verb
- (uncommon, formal) To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.
- 2010, Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men: Changing Gender in Native American Cultures:... both their gender role and their gender status must have been so distinctively androgynous that they probably did not transvest.
Usage notes
This term is rare and formal; the casual cross-dress is much more common.