Trouserian

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or wearing trousers. humorous, rare, usually

    "Round comes the kindly trowserian [trouserian in later editions] veil (as Dyer of ‘The Fleece’ would have had it); the legs retreat, like other conquerors, into retirement;"

Example

More examples

"Round comes the kindly trowserian [trouserian in later editions] veil (as Dyer of ‘The Fleece’ would have had it); the legs retreat, like other conquerors, into retirement;"

Etymology

From trouser + -ian.

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