Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slipper.
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- noun An
ancient overshoe .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English pantufle, from Old French pantoufle.]
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(_nach den Worten und sonst in den Haendeln_), which thus became a buskin, _Bundschuh, _ pantoffle, and a Polish boot, fitting both legs equally well [suiting Lutherans as well as Reformed] or a cloak and a changeling (_Wechselbalg_), by means of which Adiaphorists,
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
reesetee commented on the word pantoffle
1) a slipper. 2) a cork-soled patten covering the forepart of the foot, worn in the 16th century.
April 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pantoffle
Oh, no it isn'tffle.
April 4, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pantoffle
Also defined as a really, really bad pair of trousers.
April 4, 2009