pantaloonery
English
Etymology
pantaloon + -ery
Noun
pantaloonery (usually uncountable, plural pantalooneries)
- (dated) The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Lamb to this entry?)
- (dated) Materials used to make pantaloons.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pantaloonery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)