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pantoflen.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pantoufle. Etymology: < Middle French, French pantoufle indoor shoe, slipper, (in early use also) elegant shoe, inner sole for pattens (1465 as a common noun; earlier (first half of the 15th cent.) in the name of Saint Pantouffle, a fictional saint; also in Middle French as pantoffle (1488), pantophle (1552 in Rabelais) and in Middle French, French as †pantouffle (1480)), origin uncertain and disputed: see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch (at cited word) and H. E. Keller Etymologica (1958) 441–54.Compare Catalan †pantofla (1463; now plantofa (1527), with alteration after planta sole), Italian †pantofla (a1502), †pantufola (a1520), †pantoffola (a1529), pantofola (a1533), Occitan pantofla (1506), Spanish pantufla (1519), pantuflo (1525–9), pantufo (1534), Portuguese pantufo (1545 or earlier), and also Middle Dutch, Dutch pantoffel (end of the 15th cent. or earlier; also in Middle Dutch as pantoeffel and in Dutch (now regional (West Flanders)) as pantoefel ), Middle Low German pantoffel , pantüffel , pantuyfel (first half of the 16th cent.), German Pantoffel (end of the 15th cent.). The β. forms show various alterations of the ending after nouns and adjectives ending in -ple, -cle, -ble, following shift of stress to the first syllable. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other α. 1494 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 224 Item, to Home the cordinare, for schone, brodykinnis and pantuiffillis tane fra him be Jame Dog. 1497 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 334 Item, for ane par of Franch pantuflis..viijs. 1565 T. Cooper Baxeæ,..a kynde of slippers, or pantofles. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach ii. f. 101v The Corke tree.., the barke whereof we occupie..in Pantofels for Winter. 1589 G. Puttenham i. xv. 27 The actors..did walke vpon those high corked shoes or pantofles, which now they call in Spaine & Italy Shoppini. 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne 203 The Pope would not entertaine him, except he would..kisse his pantoufle. 1624 R. Burton (ed. 2) iii. ii. i. i. 356 She..whipped him [sc. Cupid] besides on the bare buttocks with her pantophle. 1681 J. Oldham 44 Spurnes to Hell For jeering holy Toe and Pantofle. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet (1724) I. 661 [The pope] would give me a private audience abed, to save me from the ceremony of the Pantoufle. 1767 L. Sterne IX. xxi. 77 Nothing..but trunk-hose and pantofles. 1820 W. Scott I. v. 124 I have been too long the vassal of a pantoufle, and the slave of a silver whistle. 1852 W. M. Thackeray I. iii. 70 Great gold clocks to her stockings, and white pantofles with red heels. 1887 A. Forbes i. 9 Indian-looking pantoffles,..with no upper heels, but very high wooden ones. 1943 W. Stegner i. 26 He stood in his felt pantofles and regarded her with shrewd eyes. 1984 J. Nunn 35 From the late 15th to the mid 17th century, overshoes shaped like mules, called pantofles (pantables or pantacles), were worn to protect the front of the shoes. β. 1552 in A. Feuillerat (1914) 118 Pantacles one paier of bridges satten in valewe iijs iiijd.a1568 R. Ascham (1570) i. f. 29 As it is free..to chose..whether a man lust to weare Shoo or pantocle.1591 R. Percyvall Dict. at Calçado de alcorques In pantoples, Crepidatus.1688 R. Holme ii. 112/2 The Lady Slipper so called from the resemblance the fore-part of the flower hath to a Slipper, or Pantable.1883 J. Payne VI. 291 Except he bring her..another crown and girdle and pantable of gold.1984 J. Nunn 35 From the late 15th to the mid 17th century, overshoes shaped like mules, called pantofles (pantables or pancakes), were worn to protect the front of the shoes.Phrasesthe mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > be haughty or disdainful [verb (intransitive)] 1573 G. Harvey Let. 21 Mar. in (1884) 14 He was now altogither set on his merri pinnes, and walkd on his stateli pantocles. 1578 J. Lyly f. 8v For the most part they stande so on their pantuffles. 1591 R. Greene sig. E2v Then are they vpon their pantophles, because there is nothing found about them. 1685 J. Bunyan 61 Thou standest upon thy points and pantables; thou wilt not bate God an ace of what thy righteousness is worth. c1740 A. Allen at Pantoble Pantofle, or Pantoufle, Slippers with high Soles. These, as well as high Heels, making People appear taller,..gave birth to our Proverb, to stand upon ones Pantables, is to stand upon high Terms, carry his head Loftily. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) i. xiii. sig. I2v Chafing, and swearing by the pantable of Pallas, & such other othes as his rusticall brauery could imagine. 1602 J. Marston ii. sig. C3 By my Ladies pantable, I feare I shall liue to heare [etc.]. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Aaaaaa2v/1 [He] takes his oath Upon her Pantoffles. a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover v. i. 39 in (1655) Pray you let me be your Page, I can swear already Upon your pantable. Compounds the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe > types of horseshoe 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel i. xl. 131 I have called this shoe the Panton or Pantable-shoe, to distinguish it from those of any other fashion or shape. 1717 (ed. 2) Pantons or Pantable-shoes, a sort of Horse-shoes that serve for narrow and low Heels. c1720 W. Gibson ii. xciv. 299 The Cure is..to shoe him with Lunets or Half-moon Shoes, or with those Pantofle Shoes describ'd by Solleysell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1494 |