9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
noun a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
noun a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man
noun trousers worn in former times
originBorrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone (a character in Commedia dell'arte), from Spanish Pantaleon (surname).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0