tuxedo

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
  2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.

Werger

σμόκιν

smoking

Tuxedo

dinner jacket

البدلة الرسميّة

Pircarînî

C2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/tʌkˈsidoʊ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Tuxedo Park, New York, USA, 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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