Tuxedos
/tʌkˈsiːdoʊz/noun
Formal evening suits consisting of a dinner jacket, matching trousers, and related accessories.
Did you know?The tuxedo became fashionable after Griswold Lorillard’s son wore a short black dinner jacket at the 1886 Autumn Ball at Tuxedo Park, New York.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-19th Century
Munsee/Lenape
tucsedo / p’tuck-sepo
“A place-name form associated with the Tuxedo region; its precise original meaning is disputed, though “place of the bear” is a common interpretation.”
1808
English
Tuxedo
“The name of a village and later a resort community in Orange County, New York.”
1886
American English
tuxedo
“A short black formal jacket introduced socially at Tuxedo Park, New York.”
Late 19th Century
American English
tuxedo suit
“A formal evening suit modeled on the Tuxedo Park dinner jacket.”
20th Century
English
tuxedo
“The standard American term for a black-tie evening suit.”
Modern English
English
tuxedos
“Plural of tuxedo: multiple formal evening suits.”
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