tightum
English
Alternative forms
- titum
Noun
tightum (uncountable)
- (obsolete, slang) Moderately formal attire or dress code
- 1842, Martha, Mary, Robert and Frederick:
- He knew that he had put out the usher's very best suit; not the tightum which he wore on Sundays; but the hightum, […]
- 1876, “Hightum, Titum, and Scrub!”, in The Leisure Hour:
- The second was of very respectable form and kind, and fitted for ordinary society; this she called "Titum."
- 1920, Benson, E. F., Queen Lucia:
- For one of Lucia's quaint ideas was to divide dresses into three classes, "Hightum," "Tightum" and "Scrub."
Synonyms
- (for men) black tie
Parallel terms
- hightum
- scrub