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chiropodist|kaɪˈrɒpədɪst|
[A factitious designation, apparently assumed in 1785: see first quots. Whether the inventor put together Gr. χείρ, χειρο- hand, and ποῦς, ποδ- foot, to indicate that hands and feet were the objects of his attention, or whether he had in view the ready-made Gr. χειροπόδ-ης (or χειρόπους, χειρόποδ-) ‘having chapped feet’, does not appear. The latter would better justify his formation, the former better suit his meaning.
Gr. χειρόποδ- is founded on χειρ-άς a chap, properly of the hands (χείρ) but also of the feet (χειράδες ποδῶν).]
‘One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; now usually restricted to one who treats corns and bunions’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1785D. Low (title) Chiropodologia, a Scientific Enquiry into the Causes of Corns, Warts, Onions [etc.]..with a detail of the most successful Methods of..removing all deformities of the Nails; and of preserving or restoring to the Feet and Hands their natural soundness and Beauty. Ibid. 83 A skilful Chiropodist. 1785Europ. Mag. VII. 429 Classic lore..has now reached Davies Street..the residence of our Lucretian Chiropodist (anglicè corn-cutter). But whilst we point out the absurdity and needless affectation of learning, the coining of new-fangled derivatives on every occasion, we should be sorry, etc. 1788V. Knox Winter Even. I. ii. 24 It would not be surprising to see a barber style himself..Chiropodist. 1818Art Preserv. Feet 45 Self dubbed chiropodists or corn-doctors. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xxxi. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing I. 168 Even the cunning chiropodist who did so much for Louis Napoleon.
So chiroˈpodical a., pertaining to chiropody; chiˈropodism, chiˈropodistry = chiropody; chiropoˈdology, ‘a treatise on corns, warts, bunions, and their causes’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.); chiˈropody, the art of treating corns, warts, defective nails, etc., on feet or hands, esp. corn-cutting.
1871G. Macdonald Wilf. Cumb. I. xvii. 170 Taking off my shoe, I found that a small chiropodical operation was necessary. 1887Frith Autobiog. II. 230 The study and practice of chiropodism. 1886Belgravia LX. 164 When she had finished her chiropodistry. 1886Pall Mall G. 19 June 2/1 The conversation..happened to turn upon chiropody. |