tuxedo

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/tʌkˈsidoʊ/ (US)
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/tʌkˈsidoʊ/ (US) · /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/ (UK)

Definition of tuxedo

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
    “He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding.”
    “His mom bought a tuxedo for him.”
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noun

  1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
    “He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding.”
    “His mom bought a tuxedo for him.”
  2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.

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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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