What does tightum mean?

tightum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete; Slang; Uncountable

"He knew that he had put out the usher's very best suit; not the tightum which he wore on Sundays; but the hightum,[…]"
"The second was of very respectable form and kind, and fitted for ordinary society; this she called "Titum.""
"For one of Lucia's quaint ideas was to divide dresses into three classes, "Hightum," "Tightum" and "Scrub.""

titum (alternative)

hightum scrub

black tie

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