trouserless

1 7.0

Being without pants

adjective
/ˈtraʊzərləs/

NSFW

: sin pantalones

Row upon row of trouserless businessmen all discussing their latest deals.

Examples

whom I met, trouserless, in the revolving door of the lobby.

Blog text (32)
Buck, trouserless, is sitting, reading a newspaper next to a noisy washing machine.

Fiction book (1997)
He's wearing a beret, shirtless, and almost trouserless.

Fiction book (2002)
As Levinson speaks, the world knits together, and all of Western history, from the gods of ancient Greece down to the master of Yasnaya Polyana, smiles down with us on the trouserless Harold Lloyd.

Academic text (1991)
He was unexpectedly trouserless at the party, which made everyone laugh.
After a long day at home, I found myself trouserless and relaxing on the couch.
Walking down the street trouserless on a chilly morning was not his best decision.

Antonyms

trousered

5.2

Wearing trousers instead of a dress or skirt

Surface Forms

trouserless positive

Morphology

trouserless = trouser (transparent) = trouser + less

Direct and productive formation from 'trouser' + '-less' yielding 'without trousers', which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

The word trouserless is made from trouser ('pants') and the ending -less ('without'), the same -less you see in careless. So, trouserless simply means 'without trousers'.