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pan⋅ta⋅loon

  [pan-tl-oon]
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1. pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn esp. in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
2. (usually initial capital letter) Also, Pan⋅ta⋅lo⋅ne  [pan-tl-oh-ney, pahn-; It. pahn-tah-law-ne] . (in commedia dell'arte) a foolish old Venetian merchant, usually the head of a household, generally lascivious and frequently deceived in the course of lovers' intrigues.
3. (in the modern pantomime) a foolish, vicious old man, the butt and accomplice of the clown.
Origin:
1580–90; < MF Pantalon < Upper It (Venetian) Pantalone nickname for a Venetian, var. of Pantaleone, name of a 4th-century saint once a favorite of the Venetians
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pan·ta·loon   (pān'tə-lōōn')   
n.  
    1. Men's wide breeches extending from waist to ankle, worn especially in England in the late 17th century. Often used in the plural.
    2. Tight trousers extending from waist to ankle with straps passing under the instep, worn especially in the 19th century. Often used in the plural.
  2. Trousers; pants. Often used in the plural.

[French pantalon, a kind of trouser, from Pantalon, Pantaloon; see Pantaloon.]
Pan·ta·loon   (pān'tə-lōōn')   
n.  
  1. often Pan·ta·lo·ne (pān'tə-lō'nā, pän'tä-lō'ně) A character in the commedia dell'arte, portrayed as a foolish old man in tight trousers and slippers.
  2. A stock character in modern pantomime, the butt of a clown's jokes.

[French Pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, after San Pantalone, or Saint Pantaleon (died A.D. 303), Roman physician and martyr.]
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pantaloons 
1661, "kind of tights" (originally a Fr. fashion and execrated as such by late 17c. Eng. writers), associated with Pantaloun (1590), silly old man character in It. comedy who wore tight trousers over his skinny legs, from It. Pantalone, originally San Pantaleone, Christian martyr, a popular saint in Venice (Pantaleone in the comedies represents the Venetian). The name is of Gk. origin and means "all-compassionate." Applied to tight long trousers (replacing knee-breeches) by 1798; pants is a shortened form first recorded 1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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