tuxedo
Other forms: tuxedos
Use the noun tuxedo to describe the dressy black suit that many men wear when they get married.
It's not prom night without one of these formal jackets for men, which take their name from Tuxedo Park, New York, near New York City. The place name tuxedo, according to one line of etymological inquiry, is from an Algonquian word for "wolf," p'tuksit, while other scholars guess that it simply means "crooked river," p'tuck-sepo. Either way, a tuxedo today can also be called a dinner jacket or even the slangy "monkey suit," just for fun.
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semiformal evening dress for mensynonyms: black tie, dinner jacket, tuxtype of:evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwearattire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
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Here are 15 common English words whose roots come from indigenous languages of the Americas. The fate of the people who spoke these languages varies greatly, from tribes lost to history (that we only know about through records of other tribes) to the Guarani, whose language at last count had over 4 million speakers in Paraguay. All of these peoples, whatever their current status, have contributed their ideas and their perspectives through the English words below. Many of these terms have to do with animals and foods to be found in nature, but the Algonquian roots of "tuxedo" may come as a surprise! Read on below for tales of many more English words from indigenous sources.
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Take heart! Even if your true beloved wouldn’t touch your face with a high-speed dodge ball, you can still have the pleasure of knowing more words than the prom king or queen. Unless they’re also good at words, in which case, there’s always next year. For more, check out: An Unchaperoned Vocabulary for the Prom