nethergarment

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noun

An article of clothing worn underneath; an undergarment.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounnethergarment (plural nethergarments)

plural nethergarments

  1. An article of clothing worn underneath; an undergarment.

    [...] a narrow nethergarment, leaves more than you might think to the imagination.

    2011, Roy Blount Jr., Alphabetter Juice: Or, the Joy of Text
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    Much too conscientious a Musician, to omit a note of his part, he patiently waited for the pauses, to pull up his nethergarment again.

    1865, Louis Spohr, Louis Spohr's autobiography

    With this form of nethergarment the stockings are tied just below the knees, and often hanging over the garter like the tops of boots.

    2000, Iris Brooke, James Laver, English Costume from the Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries

Origin

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APA

nethergarment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nethergarment

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“nethergarment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nethergarment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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