tightum

English

Alternative forms

• titum

Noun

tightum (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, slang) Moderately formal attire or dress code
   • 1842, Mary Martha, Robert and Frederick‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     The second was of very respectable form and kind, and fitted for ordinary society; this she called "Titum."

   • 1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia‎^[3]:

     For one of Lucia's quaint ideas was to divide dresses into three classes, "Hightum," "Tightum" and "Scrub."

Synonyms

• (for men) black tie

Coordinate terms

• hightum
• scrub