tuxedo

American  

[tuhk-see-doh] / tʌkˈsi doʊ /

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.

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tuxedo British  

/ tʌkˈsiːdəʊ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• tuxedoed adjective

Etymology

Origin of tuxedo

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

Example Sentences

Nearly 30 inmates, selected for good behavior, donned tuxedos with pink boutonnieres and waited as daughters, some dressed in formal gowns, were led into the prison’s Bible college transformed into a makeshift dance hall.

From Salon

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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".

From Barron's

Mr Machin said the firm was looking forward to a profitable Christmas period, and said sales were going well of its much-loved rose mulled wine, and men's washable tuxedos.

From BBC

Related Words

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