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zentai

zentai noun: skintight garments that cover the entire body.

Noun

zentai (uncountable)

  1. skintight garments that cover the entire body
    • Saturday morning Tori was due over so we could go shopping. I thought I'd surprise her... so I set up the TENS unit, then locked on a zentai suit over it, then put a corset on over that, and locked a belt over that! Finally I chained myself to the bed so I couldn't do anything about it.2007, Stephen Harris, “Chastity, corsets, TENS, zentai and bondage...”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet)
    • Laid out on the cot was a single piece of dark clothing that looked like someone's deflated shadow. "This is a zentai outfit." She held up the costume.2011, Donovan Rush, Obsession

Origin of zentai

From Japanese ゼンタイ, a portmanteau of 全身タイツ (zenshin taitsu, “full-body tights”).

Questions about zentai

What does zentai mean?
Zentai means skintight garments that cover the entire body.
What part of speech is zentai?
Zentai is a noun.

Words near zentai in the dictionary

  1. zenpai
  2. Zens
  3. Zenses
  4. zensho yusho
  5. Zent
  6. zentai
  7. Zenteno
  8. Zentenos
  9. Zents
  10. Zentz
  11. Zentzes

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