/pan"tee wayst'/ , n.
1. Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
2. formerly, a child's undergarment consisting of short pants and a shirt that buttoned together at the waist.
adj.
3. weak; fainthearted.
4. Informal. childish.
[ 1925-30; PANTY + WAIST ]
Syn. 1. weakling, milksop, namby-pamby.