tuxedo

[tuhk-see-doh]

noun

plural

tuxedos 

1. Also called dinner jacket. a man's jacket for semiformal evening dress, traditionally of black or dark-blue color and characteristically having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels.

2. the complete semiformal outfit, including this jacket, dark trousers, often with silk stripes down the sides, a bow tie, and usually a cummerbund.

tuxedo

/ tʌkˈsiːdəʊ /

noun

1. Often shortened to: tux. the usual US and Canadian name for dinner jacket

Other Word Forms

• tuxedoed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuxedo¹

1890–95, short for Tuxedo coat, after country club at Tuxedo Park, N.Y.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuxedo¹

C19: named after a country club in Tuxedo Park , New York

Example Sentences

Barker wore a Spencer Hart tuxedo jacket to Tuesday evening’s auction, but he was back in his usual suit on Thursday.

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The women would be attired in colorful ball gowns—blush pink, scarlet, sapphire blue, and forest green—and the men in tuxedos.

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I rented a boy’s tuxedo, Lynn wore a gown, we got a limousine and stepped out onto the red carpet together.

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The president went upstairs and put on a tuxedo and white bow tie.

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Afterwards Nawat appeared at a press conference wearing a tuxedo and openly weeping as he theatrically dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, claiming he had been "betrayed".

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Related Words

• cloak 
• frock 
• jacket 
• overcoat 
• raincoat 
• suit 
• windbreaker 
• wrap