cap-a-pie
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.02 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
From head to toe, especially of armor or other military accoutrements.
Example Sentences
- "If twenty thousand naked Americans were not able to resist the assaults of but twenty well-armed Spaniards, I see little possibility for one honest man to defend himself against twenty thousand knaves, who are all furnished cap-a-pie with the defensive arms of worldly prudence, and the offensive, too, of craft and malice."
- "I sallied forth cap-à-pie in my Madras regimentals, intending to accompany Brent to Westminster Abbey, and to take a coach at the first stand we came to."
- "Miss Thorne when fully dressed might be said to have been armed cap-a-pie, and she was always fully dressed, as far as was ever known to mortal man."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
cap-à-pie (alternative)
cap-à-piè (alternative)
cap-à-pié (alternative)
cap-a-pe (alternative)
cap-a-pee (alternative)
cap-apée (alternative)
capapie (alternative)