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The noun pantywaist has proven to be more enduring in its figurative meaning — an ineffectual or childish man — than in its original meaning, which was a garment of early 20th century vintage: short pants fastened to a waist band, worn by children.
- Milquetoast
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- Milksop
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- Milquetoast
What does the word pantywaist mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pantywaist , one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
The meaning of PANTYWAIST is a child's garment consisting of short pants buttoned to a waist.
pantywaist noun [C] (CLOTHING) old-fashioned. a piece of clothing that small children wore in the past, consisting of underwear that connects to the bottom of a shirt with buttons : Little girls had to wear a panty-waist and bloomers, and in winter a petticoat.
pantywaist noun [C] (CLOTHING) old-fashioned. a piece of clothing that small children wore in the past, consisting of underwear that connects to the bottom of a shirt with buttons : Little girls had to wear a panty-waist and bloomers, and in winter a petticoat.
pantywaist noun. An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy. pantywaist adjective. Weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual. His rough, burly father was mortified by the lad's pantywaist behavior.
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pantywaist in American English. (ˈpæntiˌweist) noun. 1. informal slang. a weak, effeminate man; sissy. 2. (formerly) a child's undergarment consisting of short pants and a shirt that buttoned together at the waist. adjective. 3.
