tuxedo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
  2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
  3. Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.
name
  1. A place name:
  2. A suburb in south-west Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, named after Tuxedo Park, New York.
  3. An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
  4. A town in Orange County, New York, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.

Pronunciation

tŭksē'dō /tʌkˈsidoʊ/ /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuxedo.wav

Word forms

tuxedo tuxedos tuxedoes

Etymology

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").

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