underwear
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- Regno Unito//ˈʌndəwɛə//
- Stati Uniti//ˈʌndɚˌwɛɹ//
- Stati Uniti//ˈʌndɚwɚ//
Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
sostantivo
- 1
Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
Don't scratch and bite, my little bear, you'll soon need bigger underwear.
As a couple of soldiers sing a dirty song, he loses sight of the edge of the stage and falls off in the middle of his dance like a seasoned slapstick artist, his white legs in the air and his filthy underwear visible to all.
- 2
Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
“A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.
Etimologia
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 *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English underwear From under- + -wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.
Forme
- plurale
- underwears
underwear · Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
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