See also:

• PANTALOON (Ital. pantalone)

PANTALOON (Ital. pantalone)  , a See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in the old See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian popular See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, said to represent a Venetian, from the favourite Venetian See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint See also:

• SAN

San Pantaleone, and transferred from it to See also:

• PANTOMIME

pantomime (q.v.) . The Italian See also:

• PANTALOON (Ital. pantalone)

pantaloon was always a See also:

• SILLY

silly old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man with See also:

• SPECTACLES

spectacles and wearing slippers, and his character was maintained in pantomime and has also made his name a synonym for a tottering dotard, as in See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's As You Like It (Ir. vii . 158) . From the Venetian usage the word " pantaloon " (whence "pants ") has also been given to certain forms of garment for the legs, the exact meaning varying at different times .