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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cap-a-pie¹

C16: from Old French

Example Sentences

Elodia rose to her full stature, armed cap-a-pie with her stateliest manner, but with a gracious sense of hospitality upon her.

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The daily struggle would have worn me out; she returned, to it fresh each morning, armed at all points cap-a-pie.

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Just then who should come riding out of the gate but Gilles de Gurdun, armed cap-a-pie?

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It represented a warrior with close-clipped hair, a long red beard, and armed cap-a-pie.

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Don John might be there seen, armed cap-a-pie, standing on the prow of the Real, anxiously awaiting the coming conflict.

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