Meanings
adjectivefootsore (comparative more footsore, superlative most footsore)
comparative more footsore · superlative most footsore
- Having sore feet, but perhaps also a certain sense of satisfaction, after walking or hiking too much.
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 2191 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving sore or tired feet
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Māori kōipuipu
- kōipuipuhaving sore feet from too much walking
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