lotus foot
lotus foot noun: a foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding.
Noun
lotus foot (plural lotus feet)
- A foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding.
- Well I made some exhibition, I lost my will to eat / The only thing that matters to me is to touch your lotus feet2002, George Harrison, “Stuck Inside a Cloud”, in Brainwashed
- The tiny “lotus foot” in its delicate silken shoe was seen as one of the most attractive qualities in a prospective bride; the smaller the foot, the more sexually pleasing the girl was. More recent studies have shown that foot-binding was likely practiced not purely for the sake of marriage, but...2020 February 14, Antonia Malchik, “The Neglected Consequences of Foot-Binding”, in The Atlantic
Forms of lotus foot
| plural | lotus feet |
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Origin of lotus foot
Calque of Chinese 蓮花腳 /莲花脚 (liánhuājiǎo).
Questions about lotus foot
- What does lotus foot mean?
- Lotus foot means a foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding.
- What part of speech is lotus foot?
- Lotus foot is a noun.
- What is the plural of lotus foot?
- The plural of lotus foot is lotus feet.
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