tuxedo

noun

tux·​e·​do ˌtək-ˈsē-(ˌ)dō 

plural tuxedos or tuxedoes

1

: a semiformal evening suit for men

2

: a men's single-breasted or double-breasted usually black or blackish-blue jacket

tuxedoed

ˌtək-ˈsē-(ˌ)dōd 

adjective

Examples of tuxedo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Screenshots from a July 30 TikTok video of a tuxedo cat assisting a dog with severe arthritis during a game of fetch. —Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

Tucci, meanwhile, wore a classic black tuxedo with a polka-dot bowtie, a black and white striped scarf and his classic black glasses. —Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Guests in tuxedos and evening gowns streamed into the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, the university’s swanky new graduate building in downtown Washington. —E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025

In one video, Kenny was seen in a tuxedo, while JaNa wore a pink dress and blew a kiss to the camera. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Tuxedo Park, New York

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for tuxedo

• amido
• ejido
• libido

Kids Definition

tuxedo

noun

tux·​e·​do ˌtək-ˈsēd-ō 

plural tuxedos or tuxedoes

: a suit for men to be worn on special occasions

Etymology

named for Tuxedo Park, a resort in New York State, where the jacket first became popular

Word Origin

Tuxedo can be traced back to the name of a village in southeastern New York. In the 1880s, an area called Tuxedo Park, near the village of Tuxedo, became a popular vacation community. It was here, around the turn of the century, that young men began wearing a new kind of dress jacket. The new style was soon called tuxedo.