{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY March 9, 2019----cap-a-pie

WORD OF THE DAY March 9, 2019

cap-a-pie    adverb | kap-uh-PEE     Definition   : from head to foot   Scroll down for more about cap-a-pie      TRENDING NOW: trope self-made churlish perdition SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 3/8/19       'Shard' — Video Word of the Day 3/8/2019     How and When to Use 'Sometime' and 'Anytime'       A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Return of Name that Color!   Additional colors! More obscure than before!     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Think of a medieval knight riding off to battle completely encased (from head to foot, as it were) in armor. Knights thus outfitted were said to be "armed cap-a-pie." The term cap-a-pie (or cap-à-pie), which has been used in English since at least the 16th century, descends from the Middle French phrase de cap a pé, meaning "from head to foot." Nowadays, it is generally extended to more figurative armor, as in "armed cap-a-pie against criticism." Cap-a-pie has also been credited with parenting another English phrase. Some people think the expression "apple-pie order," meaning "perfect order," may have originated as a corruption of "cap-a-pie order." The evidence for that theory is far from orderly, however, and it must be regarded as speculative.     Examples of CAP-A-PIE   The birthday girl—dressed cap-a-pie as a princess, from tiara to sequined slippers—waited excitedly for her guests to arrive.   "When they all appear at the elegant ball for the Prince of Wales, the men's outfits outshine the women's and the villain of the story, the French fanatic Chauvelin, cap-a-pie in ominous black, makes a striking contrast." — Marie D. Galyean, The Boise (Idaho) Weekly, 9 Aug. 2006   Test Your Vocabulary   What 4-letter word beginning with "h" is the name for a handle of a sword and is also used in a 3-word expression that means "completely" or "with nothing lacking"?   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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