capitalized: a character in the commedia dell'arte that is usually a skinny old dotard who wears spectacles, slippers, and a tight-fitting combination of trousers and stockings
Recent Examples on the WebBeginning in the 1790s, U.S. officials spread throughout eastern North America and pressured the continent’s longtime residents to change their ways: to wear pantaloons, use plows, pray to Jesus. Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020 Louis Vuitton's wall of history Elizabethan ruffs glistened in the lights alongside medieval two-point hats, pantaloons, exaggerated wigs and crinolines Tuesday at Louis Vuitton's fall collection in Paris. Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2020 Anatoly enrolled his boxing prodigy in dance classes and not just any dance classes but traditional Ukrainian dance classes, called Hopak, where performers wear the brightest of boots and colorful satin pantaloons, like from the movie Aladdin. Greg Bishop, SI.com, 9 May 2018 Anatoly enrolled his boxing prodigy in dance classes and not just any dance classes but traditional Ukrainian dance classes, called Hopak, where performers wear the brightest of boots and colorful satin pantaloons, like from the movie Aladdin. Greg Bishop, SI.com, 9 May 2018 Squirrel corn and the slightly pointier Dutchman's breeches both look like white pantaloons flapping on a line. Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018 Animal parts were called different things, as were articles of clothing such as pantaloons—known now of course as trousers or pants. Allison Keyes, Smithsonian, 8 Feb. 2018 The democrats are 'shattin' in their pantaloons' right now…and rightfully so! John Hendrickson, Esquire, 27 July 2017 Streep had on a white shirt over black-and-white striped pantaloons. D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French Pantalon, from Old Italian Pantaleone, Pantalone