cap-a-pie
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of cap-a-pie
1515–25; < Middle French de cap a pe from head to foot < Old Provençal < Latin dē capite ad pedem
Vocabulary lists containing cap-a-pie
Body Language: Capit, Capt ("Head")
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Example Sentences
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He was armed cap-a-pie, and ever as he spoke he strode rapidly up and down the floor of the room.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon
Douglas was quite ready to comment upon the outcome; and it needed only the bitter arraignment of his theories by Davis, to bring him armed cap-a-pie into the arena.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen
We attended, and every thing looked cap-a-pie; new, tasteful and happy as any thing human under God's providence and the art and judgment of man could promise.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
When all was still the earl, the great earl, came forth, armed cap-a-pie, mounted on his charger.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
"Meanwhile, come down to my house the last of the week, say Friday night, and I'll have all things in cap-a-pie order for you."
From The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Townsend, Mary Ashley
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