transvestite

• adj.異性装者; 女装者
• n.異性愛者の服装; 女装家; 異性愛者の擬態

trans-「変身する」、-vest「衣服」、語源的にはvest「ベスト」、wear「着る」と同じ。

transvestite

transvestite: see travesty

transvestite (n.)

"person with a strong desire to dress in clothing of the opposite sex," 1922, from German Transvestit (1910), coined from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + vestire "to dress, to clothe" (see wear (v.)). As an adjective from 1925. Transvestism is first attested 1928. Also see travesty, which is the same word, older, and passed through French and Italian; it generally has a figurative use in English, but has been used in the literal sense of "wearing of the clothes of the opposite sex" (often as a means of concealment or disguise) since at least 1823, and travestiment "wearing of the dress of the opposite sex" is recorded by 1832. Among the older clinical words for it was Eonism "transvestism, especially of a man" (1913), from Chevalier Charles d'Eon, French adventurer and diplomat (1728-1810) who was anatomically male but later in life lived and dressed as a woman (and claimed to be one).

1. Jason is a transvestite and he likes to have fun at the pub.

ジェイソンは変装癖者で、バーに行って楽しむのが好きだ。

2.The guy could be aa transvestite aa junkie a chain saw murderer，or someone really sick.

彼は性格が変で、偏屈で、麻薬、電気のこぎりの殺人鬼、あるいは他の気味の悪いやつかもしれない。