Pantaloon

//pæntəˈluːn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An aging buffoon. countable

    "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 pantaloon."

  2. 2
    trousers worn in former times wordnet
  3. 3
    Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon. countable, in-plural, uncountable
  4. 4
    a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes wordnet
  5. 5
    A kind of fabric. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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