jeggings

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English

Etymology

Blend of jeans +‎ leggings.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɡɪŋz/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

jeggings pl (plural only)

  1. (fashion, neologism) Denim leggings, or very skinny jeans.
    • 2013 May 10, Rachel Braier, “The trouser is so now in the singular world of fashion”, in The Guardian:
      I remember first reading about jeggings (jeans+leggings) in 2009. How ridiculous it sounded then, a word that conjured up images of urinary infections and squished buttocks. Four years later, the M&S website devotes an entire section to this fashion hybrid.

References

  • jeggings”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

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