Meanings
alternative pantsless
- Without pants.
- USnot comparableNot wearing trousers.
At the same time Ms. Metselaar-Berthold, East Germany's version of Nan Goldin, captured scenes of disorderly bohemia (where supposedly none existed) in parties of topless women and pantless men.
2009 February 12, Michael Kimmelman, “Art in Two Germanys Often Spoke the Same Tongue”, in New York Times - UKnot comparableNot wearing underpants.
He twinkles, and I twinkle back, / Pantless, under a slim formal skirt, / Ready for work.
1961, Peter Redgrove, “The Secretary”, in The Nature of Cold Weather1 more example
having a smattering of basic German or getting one of the nice English-speaking reception staff to show you around to begin with might just save you from turning up pantless in a strictly panted area, or the other way around.
2008, Anna Pickard, The Guardian, 10 Jan 08
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
- Proto-Hellenic*pánts
- Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
- Ancient Greekἔλεος (éleos)
- Ancient Greekἐλεέω (eleéō)
- Ancient Greekἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
- Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)
- ItalianPantalone
- Frenchpantalon
- Englishpantaloon
- Englishpantaloons
- Englishpantsbf.
- Englishpant
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishpantless
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Cite this entry
pantless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantless
“pantless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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