tuxedo English · revision 350

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /tʌkˈsidoʊ/; /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is short for ''Tuxedo coat'',^(AHD)^(RHWU) named after Tuxedo Park, New York, where the jacket was first worn at a country club,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) supposedly in 1886.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) The place name probably comes from a tribal name that was originally a place name, perhaps Munsee Delaware ''p'tuck-sepo'' “crooked river”, according to Bright as cited by Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A short, tailless jacket for formal or semiformal evening wear; a dinner jacket.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The name passed from the jacket to the whole semiformal outfit worn with it.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1886 – said to be first worn at the Tuxedo Park country club.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1889 – first recorded;^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) RHWU gives 1890–95.^(RHWU)

+ * 1934 – ''tuxedoed''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn on formal or semiformal occasions.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The complete outfit including this jacket, usually with a bow tie and often a cummerbund.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tuxedoed]]

+ * [[tux]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}