jeggings en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒɛɡ.ɪŋz/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Blend of jeans + leggings.
Meanings
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(neologism, plural, plural-only) Denim leggings, or very skinny jeans.
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.
2013 May 10, Rachel Braier, “The trouser is so now in the singular world of fashion”, in The Guardian: