pantaloon

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pantaloon

/pæntəˈluːn/

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Borrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone (a character in Commedia dell'arte), from Spanish Pantaleon (surname).

noun pantaloons

countable An aging buffoon. Hic ibat, as I told you before, —Simois, I am Lucentio, hic est, son unto Vincentio of Pisa,— Sigeia tellus, disguised thus to get your love; — Hic steterat, and that Lucentio that comes a-wooing, — Priami, is my man Tranio, — regia, bearing my port, celsa senis, that we might beguile the old pantal
countable, in plural, uncountable Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon.
countable, uncountable A kind of fabric.

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@misc{pantaloon_2026,
  title = {pantaloon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pantaloon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}