nether garments

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• ineffable — [15] Ineffable literally means ‘that cannot be spoken’. Its ultimate source was the Latin verb fārī ‘speak’, which has also given English fable, fame, fate, etc. Addition of the prefix ex ‘out’ produced effārī ‘speak out’, from which the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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• pants — [19] Pants is short for pantaloons, a term used since the 17th century for men’s nether garments. The word originated in the name of a character in the old Italian commedia dell’arte, Pantalone, a silly old man with thin legs who encased them in… …   Word origins

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• Hose (clothing) — For contemporary styles see Pantyhose, Hosiery Florentine particolored hose, c. 1470 Hose are any of various styles of men s clothing for the legs and lower body, worn from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, when the term fell out of use… …   Wikipedia