tuxedo

The definition of a tuxedo is formal attire for men including a dinner jacket and matching pants.

(noun)

The outfit that a man wears to a black tie wedding when he gets married is an example of a tuxedo.

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See tuxedo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. tuxedos

  1. Now Rare a man's semiformal jacket for evening wear, orig. black and with satin lapels; dinner jacket
  2. a suit of such a jacket and dark trousers, worn with a dark bow tie

Origin: after the name of a country club at Tuxedo Park, near Tuxedo Lake, N.Y.

adjective

designating or of a sofa, chair, etc. with a straight back and with sides the same height as the back

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See tuxedo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. tux·e·dos or tux·e·does
  1. A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn for formal or semiformal occasions. Also called dinner jacket.
  2. A complete outfit including this jacket, trousers usually with a silken stripe down the side, a bow tie, and often a cummerbund.

Origin:

Origin: Short for Tuxedo coat

Origin: , after a country club at Tuxedo Park, a village of southeast New York

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  • tux·eˈdoed adjective

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