tuxedo 的词源

男子在半正式场合穿的晚礼服，1889年命名于纽约的Tuxedo Park，最初是富裕纽约人主要的“矫揉造作的乡村度假胜地”，并且是首次穿着该礼服的乡村俱乐部所在地，据信是在1886年首次穿着。

这个名字是一个引人入胜的复杂推测主题，并且曾有人提出与阿尔冈昆语中“熊”或“狼”的词汇相关联。然而，权威的Bright表示，这个部落的名称可能最初是一个地名，也许是Munsee Delaware（阿尔冈昆语）p'tuck-sepo“弯曲的河流”。

The frock coat, now de rigueur in New York, has not replaced the cutaway here, although the Tuxedo jacket is more and more seen and is worn for calling, dinners and the theatre and all evening entertainments, except dancing parties. [Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 1, 1889]

在纽约，现在的礼服外套仍未取代这里的切身外套，尽管Tuxedo夹克越来越常见，并且在拜访、晚餐、剧院和所有晚间娱乐活动中穿着，唯一例外是舞会。[费城询问者，1889年11月1日]

There was a hue and cry raised against the Tuxedo coat upon its first appearance because it was erroneously considered and widely written of as intended to displace the swallow tail. When the true import of the tailless dress coat came to be realized it was accepted promptly by swelldom, and now is widely recognized as one of the staple adjuncts of the jeunesse dorée. [Clothier and Furnisher, August 1889]

Tuxedo外套首次出现时，引起了哗然和反对，因为被错误地认为和广泛报道为旨在取代燕尾服。当人们真正理解无尾礼服外套的意义时，它迅速被上流社会接受，现在被广泛认可为jeunesse dorée的标准附属品。[裁缝与家具商，1889年8月]