different between tuxy vs tux

English

Etymology

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Noun

tuxy (plural tuxies)

1. A strip or ribbon of the outer layer of a leaf-sheath, pulled from a hemp plant.

Verb

tuxy (third-person singular simple present tuxies, present participle tuxying, simple past and past participle tuxied)

1. To pull such strips from a plant.

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks
• enPR: t?ks, IPA^(key): /t?ks/

Noun

tux (plural tuxes)

1. (colloquial) A tuxedo.
   • 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[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

Noun

tux

1. Alternative form of tusk

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?ks/

Noun

t?x m

1. Alternative form of t?sc

Declension