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Definition: FOOT-SORE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.[Websters]
2. Being sore, aching or painful. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb foot-sorely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(foot-sorely)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective foot-sore.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Foot-sore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Definition: FOOT-SORE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.[Websters]
2. Being sore, aching or painful. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb foot-sorely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(foot-sorely)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective foot-sore.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FOOT-SORE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)