Meaning

2 senses
  1. (dated, informal)An undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband.

  2. (derogatory, informal)An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy.

    a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

Forms

plural: pantywaists
Singularpantywaist
Pluralpantywaists

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive:pansymilksop

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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