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Webster 1913 Edition
Pantaloon
Panˊta-loon′
,Noun.
[F.
pantalon
, fr. It. pantalone
, a masked character in the Italian comedy, who wore breeches and stockings that were all of one piece, from Pantaleone
, the patron saint of Venice, which, as a baptismal name, is very frequent among the Venetians, and is applied to them by the other Italians as a nickname, fr. Gr. Πανταλέων
, lit., all lion, a Greek personal name.] 1.
A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.
Addison.
The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered
Into the lean and slippered
pantaloon
. Shakespeare
2.
pl.
A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pantaloon
PANTALOON'
, n.1.
A garment for males in which breeches and stockings are in a piece; a species of close long trowsers extending to the heels.2.
A character in the Italian comedy,and a buffoon in pantomimes; so called from his close dress.Definition 2025
pantaloon
pantaloon
English
Noun
pantaloon (plural pantaloons)
- An aging buffoon.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Sc. 1, l. 37
- 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.
- 1882, William Ballantine, Some Experiences of a Barrister's Life, page 234
- They constantly followed the virtuous pair, who as constantly eluded their grasp, whilst they themselves met with every kind of misfortune, until they became clown and pantaloon, […].
- 1960, Lady Caroline Lane Reynolds Slemmer Jebb, With Dearest Love to All: The Life and Letters of Lady Jebb, page 213
- The Bishop is a lean and slippered pantaloon, at least in his old clerical garments which he thinks good enough for the sea.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Sc. 1, l. 37
- Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon.
- A kind of fabric.