tuxedo

From Tuxedo Park, New York, USA, 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").

• (US) enPR: tŭksē'dō, IPA^(key): /tʌkˈsidoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

tuxedo (plural tuxedos or tuxedoes)

1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
3. Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.

• (formal jacket): dinner jacket
• (formal suit): black tie, tux, penguin suit

• tux
• tuxedo cat
• tuxedo shirt
• Canadian tuxedo
• Texan tuxedo

• smoking jacket

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “tuxedo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• Xed out

• IPA^(key): /tuɡˈsedo/ [t̪uɣ̞ˈse.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: tu‧xe‧do

tuxedo m (plural tuxedos)

1. tuxedo