definitions

cap-a-pie

or cap-à-pie

[ kap-uh-pee ]
/ ˌkæp əˈpi /
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adverb

from head to foot.

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Nearby words

cap rock, cap screw, cap sleeve, cap spinning, cap'n, cap-a-pie, cap-and-trade, cap-de-la-madeleine, cap-haitien, cap., cap. moll.

Origin of cap-a-pie

1515–25; < Middle French de cap a pe from head to foot < Old Provençal < Latin dē capite ad pedem
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British Dictionary definitions for cap-a-pie

cap-a-pie

/ (ˌkæpəˈpiː) /

adverb

(dressed, armed, etc) from head to foot

Word Origin for cap-a-pie

C16: from Old French
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