dinner jacketn.

Brit.

/ˈdɪnə ˌdʒakɪt/, U.S.

/ˈdɪnər ˌdʒækət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dinner n., jacket n.

Etymology: < dinner n. + jacket n. Compare slightly later dinner coat n.

A man's jacket without tails for wearing on formal occasions in the evening, typically black and worn with a white shirt and black bow tie (cf. black tie n.). Originally as a somewhat less formal alternative to a swallow-tailed dress coat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > without tails

dinner jacket1852

dinner coat1856

mess jacket1863

tuxedo1889

smoking1922

tux1922

DJ1967

1852 Ladies' Compan. Jan. 55/2 A dinner-jacket made of black cashmere, ornamented with rows of gold ribbon.

1911 H. H. Fyfe S. Afr. To-day xxiii. 257 The talk of women in pretty frocks and of men in dinner-jackets is about theatre-going in London.

1968 Listener 6 June 748/1 The struggle to rescue opera from the dinner-jacket brigade and to present it to ordinary people at reasonable prices.

2007 Times 10 Mar. (Body & Soul section) 6/1 He is wearing an impeccable dinner jacket, with diamond shirt studs.

Derivatives

ˌdinner-ˈjacketed adj. dressed in a dinner jacket.

ΚΠ

1901 Daily Mail 19 Aug. 4/5 The English among the other sex, black-tied, dinner-jacketed, are men off the Bench and Bar.

2020 Tamworth Herald Series (Nexis) 16 Apr. (National ed. 1) Dinner-jacketed presenters gave way to cheeky young things in sweaters and regional accents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	dinner jacket
释义	dinner jacketn. Brit. /ˈdɪnə ˌdʒakɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɪnər ˌdʒækət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dinner n., jacket n. Etymology: < dinner n. + jacket n. Compare slightly later dinner coat n. A man's jacket without tails for wearing on formal occasions in the evening, typically black and worn with a white shirt and black bow tie (cf. black tie n.). Originally as a somewhat less formal alternative to a swallow-tailed dress coat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > without tails dinner jacket1852 dinner coat1856 mess jacket1863 tuxedo1889 smoking1922 tux1922 DJ1967 1852 Ladies' Compan. Jan. 55/2 A dinner-jacket made of black cashmere, ornamented with rows of gold ribbon. 1911 H. H. Fyfe S. Afr. To-day xxiii. 257 The talk of women in pretty frocks and of men in dinner-jackets is about theatre-going in London. 1968 Listener 6 June 748/1 The struggle to rescue opera from the dinner-jacket brigade and to present it to ordinary people at reasonable prices. 2007 Times 10 Mar. (Body & Soul section) 6/1 He is wearing an impeccable dinner jacket, with diamond shirt studs. Derivatives ˌdinner-ˈjacketed adj. dressed in a dinner jacket. ΚΠ 1901 Daily Mail 19 Aug. 4/5 The English among the other sex, black-tied, dinner-jacketed, are men off the Bench and Bar. 2020 Tamworth Herald Series (Nexis) 16 Apr. (National ed. 1) Dinner-jacketed presenters gave way to cheeky young things in sweaters and regional accents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1852
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