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bare-footen

bare-footen adjective: barefoot.

Adjective

bare-footen (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, nonstandard, rare) Barefoot.
    • […] “Our host, his fair spouse, and bare-footen maiden, seemed equally strangers to the wholesome duties of ablution; […]”1796, Sporting Magazine, volume 7, page 211
    • Seems like the good Lord wants me swimming, Tom thought. Put me twice in the sound in three days, last time bare-footen.2001, Richard Fuller, Escape from Savannah, page 221

Forms of bare-footen

alternative formbare footen

Origin of bare-footen

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

Questions about bare-footen

What does bare-footen mean?
Bare-footen means barefoot.
What part of speech is bare-footen?
Bare-footen is an adjective.

Words near bare-footen in the dictionary

  1. bare-eye
  2. bare-eyed cockatoo
  3. bare-eyes
  4. bare-faced
  5. bare-footed
  6. bare-footen
  7. bare-handed
  8. bare-handedly
  9. bare-handedness
  10. bare-headed
  11. bare-knuckle

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