pantlessadj.
/ˈpantləs/, U.S. /ˈpæntləs/ Wearing no underpants or no trousers.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing underwear > other > not
smocklessc1386
shiftless1680
pantless1858
1858 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) 15 Feb. 2/7 The chamber of a faithless wife was invaded by a certain Don Juan, who had to stow himself under the bed, pantless, to make room for the husband.
1880 S. B. Lakeman What I saw in Kaffir-land xi. 136 They [sc. Cape baboons] shot from branch to branch,..like flying fish, or as pantless Zazel shoots from the cannon's mouth to her swinging rope.
1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams ii. xx. 260 Three pantless Maori kids met him.
1971 W. Hanley Blue Dreams xxi. 331 Then, bra-ed but pantless, she moved toward Walter.
1992 N. Baker Vox 141 He's standing there, a pantless patent lawyer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1858- second lady
- second language
- second lesson
- second lieutenant
- second line
- second line of defence
- second lord
- second man
- second master
- second mate
- second messenger
- second minute
- second mistress
- second moment
- second mortgage
- second motion shaft
- second mourning
- second nerve
- second nobles
- second notions
- second octave
- second of kin
- second officer
- second pedal
- second perfect