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tailcoated

tailcoated

1 8.0
Dressed in a formal coat with long tails at the back
  • adjective
  • /ˈteɪlˌkoʊtɪd/
: vestido de chaqué
  • The tailcoated waiter served the meal with elegance and precision during the formal dinner.

Examples

  • At the wedding, the guests admired the tailcoated groom as he walked down the aisle.

  • State your business, mister, the tailcoated man said.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • During the gala, the tailcoated attendees danced gracefully under the lights.

How Formal

white tie
  • Formal
2 7.0
tailcoated
1 8.0
formal
2 3.5
smart
18 2.4
casual
63 1.3

Surface Forms

tailcoated positive

Morphology

tailcoated = tailcoat (transparent) = tail + coat + ed

Formed by adding adjectival '-ed' to the noun 'tailcoat'; the meaning 'wearing a tailcoat' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Tailcoated comes from the simple parts tail (the long back 'tails') and coat, with the ending -ed meaning 'wearing'. So a tailcoated person is 'wearing' a formal coat with a long back that looks like tails.