Bare-footen

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Barefoot. archaic, dialectal, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare

    "[…] “Our host, his fair spouse, and bare-footen maiden, seemed equally strangers to the wholesome duties of ablution; […]”"

Example

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"[…] “Our host, his fair spouse, and bare-footen maiden, seemed equally strangers to the wholesome duties of ablution; […]”"

Etymology

From Middle English bare foten, equivalent to barefoot + -en (past participle ending). Compare English barefooted.

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