Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pantalettes

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pan-talettes
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of long underpants with a frill at the bottom of each leg.

noun

A removable kind of ruffle worn at the feet of women's drawers.

Example Sentences

"A mad world this, my friends, a world in its lunes, petty and other; in lunes other than petty now for some time; in petty-lunes, pettilettes, or pantalettes, about these six weeks, ever since when this rampant androgynous Bloomerism first came over from Yankee land."
"In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, […]"
"A couple of shifts, some clean pantalettes, stockings, a spare pair of shoes: a suitcase is soon full."

Etymology

From pantal(oon) + -ette + -s.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pantaloon

Inflected Forms

pantalette (singular) pantalets (alternative) pantilettes (alternative)

Questions

What does pantalettes mean?: A form of long underpants with a frill at the bottom of each leg.
Where does pantalettes come from?: From pantal(oon) + -ette + -s.

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