Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.3.1 Related terms
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone (a character in Commedia dell'arte), from Spanish Pantaleon (surname).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pantaloon (plural pantaloons)
- An aging buffoon.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], line 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.
- Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon.
- A kind of fabric.
Related terms[edit]
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