pantless

pantless

English

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Etymology

    From pant + -less.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpantləs/

    Adjective

    pantless (not comparable)

    1. Without pants.
      1. (US) Not wearing trousers.
        • 2009 February 12, Michael Kimmelman, “Art in Two Germanys Often Spoke the Same Tongue”, in New York Times[1]:
          At the same time Ms. Metselaar-Berthold, East Germany's version of Nan Goldin, captured scenes of disorderly bohemia (where supposedly none existed) in parties of topless women and pantless men.
      2. (UK) Not wearing underpants.
        • 1961, Peter Redgrove, “The Secretary”, in The Nature of Cold Weather:
          He twinkles, and I twinkle back, / Pantless, under a slim formal skirt, / Ready for work.
        • 2008, Anna Pickard, The Guardian, 10 Jan 08:
          having a smattering of basic German or getting one of the nice English-speaking reception staff to show you around to begin with might just save you from turning up pantless in a strictly panted area, or the other way around.

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