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

Uncle Dap, armed cap-a-pie, would sit on a stool—and Lancelot, with the morne-headed spear, would charge and charge against him, learning the best lodges on armour for a point Then there were lonely hours with poises, with many other hours out of doors—before he was even allowed to touch real arms—in which he learned various kinds of throwing, casting with the sling-stick or the casting spear, and toning the bar.

From Literature

Cowslips grew cap-a-pie on two sides of that pool and their cinque-spotted faces got trampled underfoot as we dashed nakedly about, lewdly knuckling each other’s penis.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus saying he took his leave, and quitted the Duke, hastening with the rest of the officers of the city to arm himself cap-a-pie, and present himself with the burgher guard in the Cemetery of the Innocents at the appointed hour.

From Project Gutenberg

She began to utter the most extravagant speeches that a poet could imagine, and did not stop when the charming exorcist came into her room; he seemed to enjoy her foolish talk for a few minutes, after which, having armed himself 'cap-a-pie', he begged us to withdraw.

From Project Gutenberg

A plumed knight, armed cap-a-pie, is a romantic figure when we merely see him through the years from our modern surroundings by means of imagination's powerful lens; he would be a figure even more romantic if we could actually see him shake his lance and lead his warriors against a drab-suited, machine-like company of present-day soldiers.

From Project Gutenberg