Meaning of pigacia | Babel Free
[pɪˈɡa.ki.a]Definitions
pigache, an 11th–13th century style of footwear with elongated and pointed toes.
Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, historical
Examples
“c. 1140, Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, Book VIII, Ch. 10”
As one might expect since he had deformed feet, [Fulk the Rude] ordered shoes made for himself that were long and pointy at the end to hide his feet and conceal the swollen growths that are called bunions in the common tongue... whence shoemakers made scorpions' tails as it were in their footwear, which are called pigaches in the common tongue...
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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