underpants
nounattested in dialogue
- //ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌpænts//
Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
noun
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Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
The Italian fashion of wearing red underpants on December 31 is becoming popular, reputedly to guarantee luck for the new year.
She takes off her fatigue pants and throws them in the washer and the surgical greens and her bloodstained bra and turns on the machine. She is wearing socks and underpants and a .38 Special with a shrouded hammer in an ankle holster.
He wore khakis slung so low that five inches of his underpants showed—dark blue boxers with big white polka dots.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs) Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der. Italian Pantalonebor. French pantalonbor. English pantaloon English pantaloons English pants English underpants From under- + pants.
underpants · Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
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