foot kiss

noun

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

“A foot kiss leaves no shred of doubt about the pecking order.”

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Meanings

nounfoot kiss (plural foot kisses)

plural foot kisses

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

    A foot kiss leaves no shred of doubt about the pecking order.

    1 more example

    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, […]

    1992, Kartini (Raden Adjeng), Letters from Kartini: An Indonesian Feminist, 1900-1904 (page 480)

Translations

Dutch voetkus
  • voetkusreverential kiss on the foot
Finnish jalan suutelu
  • jalan suutelureverential kiss on the foot
German Fußkuss
  • Fußkussreverential kiss on the foot
Romanian sărutarea picioarelor
  • sărutarea picioarelorreverential kiss on the foot
Spanish besapiés
  • besapiésreverential kiss on the foot
Cite this entry
APA

foot kiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot%20kiss

MLA

“foot kiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot%20kiss. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foot kiss,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot%20kiss.

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