Pan"ta*cosm (?), n. [Panta- + Gr. ko`smos universe.] See Cosmolabe.
Pan"ta*graph (?), n. See Pantograph.
Pan*tag"ru*el*ism (?), n. [From Pantagruel, one of the characters of
Rabelais.] 1. The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used
in burlesque or ridicule.
2. An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose. [R.]
Donaldson.
Pan`ta*let" (?), n. [Dim. of pantaloon.] One of the legs of the loose
drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of
such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece;
-- chiefly in the plural.
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.