tux
See also: Tux
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tux (plural tuxes)
- (colloquial) Clipping of tuxedo.
- 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, The Guardian[1]:
- After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
tux
- Alternative form of tusk
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tūx m
- Alternative form of tūsc
Declension edit
Declension of tux (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Q'eqchi edit
Noun edit
tux
Further reading edit
- Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [2]