unitard

[yoo-ni-tahrd]

noun

1. a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unitard¹

uni- + (leo)tard

Example Sentences

Its earworms have driven theater critics mad; its costumes of unitards and leg warmers are just as impossible to dislodge from your memory.

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What was the process like of trying to find the right sparkly unitard, for example?

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Wearing white unitards adorned with blue and red stars or a stripe down the side of the leg, the young dancers bounced on their feet before tilting forward and back to the propulsive beat.

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In other ways, “Titanic Depression,” a new multimedia performance, could only have come from the madcap brain of Dynasty Handbag, the queer vaudevillian with punk origins and questionable taste in unitards.

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Ten giggling children, wearing short unitards or leggings or a filmy skirt just because, assemble on the long floor mats, managing to dance even when sitting down.

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