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单词 zoot suit
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zoot suitn.

Brit. /ˈzuːt suːt/, U.S. /ˈzut ˌsut/
Forms: 1900s– zoot suit, 1900s– zuit suit.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: suit n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably a reduplication (with variation of initial consonant) of suit n.; compare earlier killer-diller n. Compare zoot n.An alternative derivation is noted by R. S. Gold Jazz Lexicon (1964) 351–2 who records that ‘according to jazzman Zutty Singleton, the term [zoot] was New Orleans patois for “cute”’, which is said to have had some currency c1925–45, but no evidence is given to support this assertion. An interjection zoot, used to express encouragement shouted by fans to jive musicians as they perform, or (more generally) to express recognition, agreement, or satisfaction, is recorded in some U.S. slang dictionaries, e.g. H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (ed. 2, 1975) 595/1, as having some limited currency among jazz fans c1935–40, but again without supporting evidence.
Originally U.S. slang.
1. A man’s suit of an exaggerated style, characterized by a long, loose jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers.The zoot suit was popular in the United States in the 1940s, esp. among African-American, Hispanic, and Italian communities.
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1942 R. Gilbert & B. O'Brien Zoot Suit (song) 3 I want a Zoot Suit with a reat pleat, with a drape shape.
1951 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 29 May 2/4 Next thing we know, one of these ‘hepcats’ will probably trade his kimono for a zuit suit.
1969 Time 14 July 16/2 Chavez became a pachuco, affecting a zoot suit with pegged pants.
1984 Guardian 5 Oct. 3/1 Baggy zoot suits and skinhead styles have revived the adult market.
2004 Mojo June 84/2 The audience was largely groovers in zoot suits with pencil moustaches.
2. Chiefly Military slang. Any of various kinds of clothing for the whole body, as a set of overalls, a flying suit, etc.
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1942 Evening Democrat (Fort Madison, Iowa) 17 July 5/6 Wearing ‘zoot’ suits, the name given newly perfected sniper suits.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 158 Zoot suit (which, of course, came originally from U.S. jive slang) for the crude civilian clothes given to discharged servicemen.
1952 D. Clarke Eleventh at War xvii. 416 The warm ‘tank suits’..were soon known to the troops as ‘zoot suits’, and were aptly described as a ‘mass of zip-fasteners joined together by windproof and waterproof material’.
1984 J. Dailey Silver Wings, Santiago Blue iv. 70 Her hands grew sweaty on the stick, and she wiped first one, then the other, on the baggy pants of her zoot suit.
2010 Indiana (Pa.) Gaz. 6 June 8/3 The WASPs spent much of their training time wearing ‘zoot suits’—army issue mechanics' overalls.

Derivatives

ˈzoot-suited adj. dressed in a zoot suit.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing a suit or set of clothes > types of
pyjamaed1883
blue-suited1884
bloomered1895
zoot-suited1942
bikinied1959
sailor-suited1960
trouser-suited1966
sack-suited1978
shell-suited1991
1942 Chicago Defender 5 Sept. 14 Wasp-waist zoot-suited..uniformed wonders.
1969 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 15/2 Zoot-suited spivs and crash-helmeted police.
2000 G. Santoro Myself when I am Real (2001) iv. 61 Two hundred sailors formed a posse..to scout for zoot-suited Mexicans through downtown L.A.
ˈzoot-suiter n. a person who wears a zoot suit; spec. a member of a group or gang of young men characterized by wearing zoot suits.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing other clothing > one who
Court-mantlec1367
Sunday citizen1598
longcoat1603
lettice ruffa1625
silkworma1625
copester1637
short-coat1649
Scotch-sleeve?1706
Evite1713
uniform1786
nude1810
blue-stockinged1818
waistcoateer1825
padder1828
stook of duds1834
bloomer1851
sleeve1851
shirt1860
shirtwaister1900
DJ1926
rat-catcher1928
sweater girl1940
zoot-suiter1942
Edwardian1954
penguin1967
overcoat1969
1942 Billboard 24 Oct. 66/1 The zoot-suiters are still in evidence.
1952 R. Ellison Invisible Man xxiii. 366 A group of zoot-suiters greeted me in passing. ‘Hey, now, daddy-o,’ they called.
1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) i. 18 It was almost twenty years [ago]... It was real bad then. We had B-girls and zoot-suiters and lots of crooks.
2002 Vanity Fair Apr. 218/1 Harvey Keitel, jiving like the last of the zoot-suiters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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