Tuxedo

//tʌkˈsidoʊ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A typically black formal jacket worn by men.

    "He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding."

  2. 2
    semiformal evening dress for men wordnet
  3. 3
    The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of tuxedo cat. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place name:; A suburb in south-west Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, named after Tuxedo Park, New York.
  2. 2
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
  3. 3
    A place name:; A town in Orange County, New York, United States.
  4. 4
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.

Synonyms

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black tiedinner jackettuxdinner jacketblack tieformal

Example

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"We all laughed at his pink tuxedo."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Tuxedo Park, New York, US, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the village in turn likely from an Eastern Algonquian language (Munsee), from Lenape, tucsedo or p'tuxseepu, ("crooked water" or "crooked river").

Etymology 2

See tuxedo.

Related phrases

Canadian tuxedoTexan tuxedotuxedo cattuxedo shirtsmoking jacket

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