Antonyms for tuxedo


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tuhk-see-doh
Phonetic Transcription : tʌkˈsi doʊ


Definition of tuxedo

Origin :
  • man's evening dress for semiformal occasions, 1889, named for Tuxedo Park, N.Y., site of a country club where it first was worn in 1886. The name is an attractive subject for elaborate speculation, e.g.:
  • The Wolf tribe in New York was called in scorn by other Algonquians tuksit: round foot, implying that they easily fell down in surrender. In their region thus came the names Tuxedo and Tuxedo Lake, which were acquired by the Griswold family in payment of a debt. There the family established the exclusive Tuxedo Club, and there in the late 1880s Griswold Lorillard first appeared in a dinner jacket without tails, a tuxedo. By a twist of slang, one may now refer to a man in a tuxedo as a 'wolf. [Joseph T. Shipley, "The Origins of English Words," 1984]
  • But in another version of the story, p'tuksit was the Algonquian word for "wolf," the animal, perhaps from the shape of its paws. The authoritative Bright, however, says the tribe's name probably is originally a place name, perhaps Munsee Delaware (Algonquian) p'tuck-sepo "crooked river." Short form tux is attested from 1922.
  • As in suit : noun matching top and bottom clothing
  • As in dinner jacket : noun men's formal jacket worn for eveningwear
  • As in wedding apparel : noun clothes for wedding party
  • As in black tie : noun semiformal evening dress
  • As in coat : noun personal outerwear
Example sentences :
  • The Pote finished his dishwashing and joined us, pulling on an old Tuxedo jacket.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • You surely do not intend to wear your tuxedo and a black tie.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) » by Various
  • Tom tied a black bow around his collar and put on his tuxedo.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) » by Various
  • Ross had donned a Tuxedo and pinned a tiny, pink rose in his buttonhole.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Arethusa » by Francis Barton Fox
  • Suppose you have had one of your old coats transformed into a Tuxedo.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain
  • Remember that a Tuxedo dinner coat has not to be of a certain material.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain
  • He was dressed in blue flannel vest and trousers and a Tuxedo coat.
  • Extract from : « A Voyage with Captain Dynamite » by Charles Edward Rich
  • He wore the finest Tuxedo coat that could be hired on the East Side.
  • Extract from : « Good References » by E. J. Rath
  • That's the man up above—with the white hands and the tuxedo coat.
  • Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Third Series » by August Strindberg
  • Sack or Tuxedo Coat—2 yards, 32 inch or 1½ yards, 54 inches wide.
  • Extract from : « The Copeland Method » by Vanness Copeland

Synonyms for tuxedo

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