Pantaloon
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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 trousers worn in former times wordnet
- 3 Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon. countable, in-plural, uncountable
- 4 a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes wordnet
- 5 A kind of fabric. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone (a character in Commedia dell'arte), from Spanish Pantaleon (surname).