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foot kiss

foot kiss noun: a reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or other revered figure.

Noun

foot kiss (plural foot kisses)

  1. A reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or other revered figure.
    • A foot kiss leaves no shred of doubt about the pecking order.
    • At the formal introduction, that is when the bride and bridegroom were brought together, K. did not offer her husband a foot kiss, and oh, what a murmur did that not produce amongst the family, […]1992, Kartini (Raden Adjeng), Letters from Kartini: An Indonesian Feminist, 1900-1904 (page 480)

Forms of foot kiss

pluralfoot kisses

Questions about foot kiss

What does foot kiss mean?
Foot kiss means a reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or other revered figure.
What part of speech is foot kiss?
Foot kiss is a noun.
What is the plural of foot kiss?
The plural of foot kiss is foot kisses.

Words near foot kiss in the dictionary

  1. foot heater
  2. foot it
  3. foot job
  4. foot jobs
  5. foot juggling
  6. foot kiss
  7. foot kisses
  8. foot lifter
  9. foot lifters
  10. foot locker
  11. foot lockers

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