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cap-a-pie

[kap-uh-pee]
–adverb
from head to foot.
Also, cap-à-pie.


Origin:
1515–25; < MF de cap a pe from head to foot < OPr < L dē capite ad pedem
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cap-à-pie 
1523, from M.Fr., lit. "head to foot."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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