PANTALOON

noun Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French Pantalon, from Old Italian Pantaleone, Pantalone Date: circa 1590 1. 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, a buffoon in pantomimes, 2. plural wide breeches worn especially in England during the reign of Charles II, close-fitting trousers usually having straps passing under the instep and worn especially in the 19th century, loose-fitting usually shorter than ankle-length trousers