different between undergarment vs underthing

English

Etymology

From under- +? garment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.d?(?).????.m?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.d?.????.m?nt/

Noun

undergarment (plural undergarments)

1. Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel?

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.

2. (religion, in the plural) Temple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Synonyms

• (temple garments): Jesus jammies

Translations

See also

• undergarment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

under- +? thing

Noun

underthing (plural underthings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) An undergarment.
   • 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

     'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.'

   • 1979, Lewis Yablonsky, The extra-sex factor: why over half of America's married men play around (page 64)

     My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors.

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