footworn

[ foot-wawrn, -wohrn ]

adjective

worn down by the feet: a footworn pavement.
footsore.

Origin of footworn

First recorded in 1785–95; foot + worn

Words Nearby footworn

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How to use footworn in a sentence

It is a charming place, rather shabby and footworn, as befits a strictly popular resort, but with a character all its own.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877 | Various
The corkscrew stairway, broken and footworn though it is, seems infinitely less perilous.
Cheerful--By Request | Edna Ferber
Night after night they played their fiddles and danced till dawn on their footworn puncheon floors.
The Conquest | Eva Emery Dye

British Dictionary definitions for footworn

footworn

/ (ˈfʊtˌwɔːn) /

adjective

Also: footweary footsore
worn away by the feet: a footworn staircase

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