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Pantaloon
(Pan`ta*loon") n. [F. pantalon, fr. It. pantalone, a masked character in the Italian comedy, who wore breeches and stockings that were all of one piece, from Pantaleone, the patron saint of Venice, which, as a baptismal name, is very frequent among the Venetians, and is applied to them by the other Italians as a nickname, fr. Gr. lit., all lion, a Greek personal name.]

1. A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes. Addison.

The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon.
Shak.

2. pl. A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.

3. pl. In recent times, same as Trousers.

Pantaloonery
(Pan`ta*loon"er*y) n.

1. The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery. [R.] Lamb.

2. Materials for pantaloons.

Pantamorph
(Pan"ta*morph) n. That which assumes, or exists in, all forms.

Pantamorphic
(Pan`ta*mor"phic) a. [Panta- + Gr. form.] Taking all forms.

Pantascope
(Pan"ta*scope) n. [Panta- + -scope.] (Photog.) A pantascopic camera.

Pantascopic
(Pan`ta*scop"ic) a. Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera.

Pantastomata
(||Pan`ta*stom"a*ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. all + mouth.] (Zoöl.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms.

Pantechnicon
(Pan*tech"ni*con) n. [NL. See Pan- , and Technic.] A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

Pantelegraph
(Pan*tel"e*graph) n. [Pan- + telegraph.] See under Telegraph.

Panter
(Pant"er) n. One who pants. Congreve.

Panter
(Pan"ter) n.[F. panetier. See Pantry.] A keeper of the pantry; a pantler. [Obs.] Tyndale.

Panter
(Pan"ter), n. [See Painter a rope.] A net; a noose. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Panteutonic
(Pan`teu*ton"ic) a. [Pan- + Teutonic.] Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races.

Pantheism
(Pan"the*ism) n. [Pan- + theism.] The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism.

Pantheist
(Pan"the*ist), n. One who holds to pantheism.

Pantheistic
(Pan`the*is"tic Pan`the*is"tic*al) a. Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism.Pan`the*is"tic*al*ly, adv.

Pantheologist
(Pan`the*ol"o*gist) n. One versed in pantheology.

Pantheology
(Pan`the*ol"o*gy) n. [Pan- + theology.] A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.

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