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cap-a-pie definition

cap·-a-pie or cap-à-pie cap′·-à-pie′ (kap′ə pē′)

adverb

from head to foot; entirely

Etymology: OFr de cap a pie < cap, head (< L caput) + pié, foot (< L pes)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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