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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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Example Sentences
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Full of flatteries is he; Armed with treachery, cap-a-pie, He 'll play 'possum; never mind him,— March him straightway back to me!
From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene
The daily struggle would have worn me out; she returned, to it fresh each morning, armed at all points cap-a-pie.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
From the opposite direction, a warrior, armed cap-a-pie, was climbing on horseback the rough road that Loysik was at the same time slowly descending with his mule.
From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Sue, Eugène
He was armed cap-a-pie, like one who might have to force his way against odds.
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)
A poet at all points, armed cap-a-pie against criticism, like Lord Tennyson, he certainly was not.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
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