PANTYWAIST


Meaning of PANTYWAIST in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: panty + waist

1. : a child's garment consisting of short pants buttoned to a waist

2. : sissy

II. adjective

: childish , infantile : sissified

the round robin of abuse which enlivened belles lettres before they went pantywaist in the twentieth century — Richard Hanser

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.