footsore en · ADJ
Etymology
From foot + sore.
Meanings
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Having sore feet, but perhaps also a certain sense of satisfaction, after walking or hiking too much.
One yoke of cattle became so foot sore that they were unserviceable, and we were obliged to drive them behind the wagon.
1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 31:A quarrelsome band of footsore sulky niggers trod on the heels of the donkey.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 219:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most footsore | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more footsore | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (1)
mi kōipuipu (having sore feet from too much walking)