Word Study
tuxedo
CIDE DICTIONARY
tuxedo, n.
- A kind of black jacket for semiformal evening dress made without tails, usually of black or dark blue color and having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels; -- so named after a fashionable country club at
Tuxedo Park, New York. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - The complete semiformal evening suit, including the tuxedo jacket, matching trousers, and black bow tie, and usually including a cummerbund; -- the style of shirt worn with this suit varies, and the outfit may include a dickey. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tuxedo, n. (pl. -os or -oes) US 1 a dinner-jacket.
2 a suit of clothes including this.
2 a suit of clothes including this.
Etymology
after a country club at Tuxedo Park, New York
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