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foot kiss

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or other revered figure.

Equivalents

Españolbesapiés
DeutschFußkuss
1 more languages
Nederlandsvoetkus

Examples

“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, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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