Meaning & use
Palazzo
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A large, imposing Italian building, especially a palace or grand mansion; also used for wide-legged, flowing trousers resembling the style associated with such settings.
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Tourists lined up to tour the sixteenth-century palazzo overlooking the canal.
She wore a pair of silk palazzo pants to the summer garden party.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Italian, where 'palazzo' simply means 'palace'; the fashion sense, 'palazzo pants,' emerged in the mid-20th century.
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2. noun
Wide-legged, flowing women's trousers that hang loosely from the waist to the ankle.
She paired the blouse with a bold pair of palazzo trousers.
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