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cap-a-pie

or cap-à-pie

[ kap-uh-pee ]

adverb

  1. from head to foot.


cap-a-pie

/ ˌkæpəˈpiː /

adverb

  1. (dressed, armed, etc) from head to foot


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cap-a-pie1

1515–25; < Middle French de cap a pe from head to foot < Old Provençal < Latin dē capite ad pedem

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cap-a-pie1

C16: from Old French

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Example Sentences

Then came Brian de Bois-Gilbert, armed cap-à-pie, accompanied by two godfathers and many squires and pages.

I answered, that although I wore my sword for form, it was not necessary to be armed cap-à-pie.

A tall, blond being, cap-à-pie for the road, had loomed in dark blue before the tent door.

The merest glance at it filled the eye with visions of serried ranks of ptomaines, armed cap-à-pie for trouble.

He assembled the ban et arrière-ban of science, and armed himself cap-à-pie in knowledge for her defence.

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