Defn: See Pantograph.
PANTAGRUELISM Pan*tag"ru*el*ism, n. Etym: [From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais.]
1. The theory or practice of the medical profession; — used in burlesque or ridicule.
2. An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose. [R.] Donaldson.
PANTALET
Pan`ta*let", n. Etym: [Dim. of pantal.]
Defn: One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; — chiefly in the plural.
PANTALOON Pan`ta*loon", n. Etym: [F. pantalon, fr. It. pantalone, a masked character in the Italian comedy, who wore breeches and stockings that were all of one piece, from Pantaleone, the patron saint of Venice, which, as a baptismal name, is very frequent among the Venetians, and is applied to them by the other Italians as a nickname, fr. Gr.
1. Aridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes. Addison. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. Shak.
2. pl.
Defn: A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.