单词 | pedicure |
释义 | pedicuren. 1. A person responsible for pedicure (sense 2); = pedicurist n. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > chiropodist pedicure1784 chiropodist1785 pedicurist1870 podiatrist1914 1784 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 29 Dec. (1997) I. 571 P[ai]d La Forest pedicure 12f. 1839 Times 15 Oct. 4/5 M. de Montalivet.., it is said, has succeeded the pedicure Palaprat in the post of grand master. 1868 Harper's Mag. July 206/2 A corn or bunion should be dug out in the centre, and never pared on the edges. The professional pedicure always operates in this way. 1873 R. Tomes Bazar Bk. Decorum 70 The employment of a skillful and judicious shoemaker, who forms his shoes to the feet, and not to the caprice of fashion or of the wearer, will prevent all occasion for consulting the pedicure, or foot-doctor. 1896 Scribner's Mag. May 628/1 I can give him the names of an American dentist, an English bootmaker, and a Parisian pedicure. 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Stud. in Lit. 1st Ser. 271 Against this positive deed of friendship and thirty years of devotion little is set by sneering at Watts as ‘a pedicure of the Muses’. 2. Treatment of the feet and toenails, either surgically (in the removal or cure of corns, bunions, etc.) or (now more usually) cosmetically, as a beauty treatment; (in extended use) treatment of an animal's feet and claws. Also: a session of such treatment. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments of specific parts > [noun] > treatment of the feet pedicure1877 pedicuring1889 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > beautification of the hands and feet > treatment for the feet pedicure1877 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments of specific parts > [adjective] > treatment of the feet pedicure1907 1877 McKean County (Pennsylvania) Miner 11 Oct. 4/2 I am not a manicure—pedicure is my only trade. 1885 Times 30 July 13/4 There were a number of elderly ladies whose only visible means of subsistence was their skill in ‘pedicure’. 1900 Daily News 31 May 7/4 Departments for manicure, pedicure, and face-massage. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 538/2 Pedicure Scissors—2/6. Pedicure Cases—each 7/6. 1951 Woman's Home Compan. June 128 Treat your feet to a pedicure. 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 8 Aug. c2 For today's debut, the cat got a pedicure before settling into his first-class plane seat. 1990 Hair Oct. 35/1 A pedicure—once every ten days—will make sure your feet look their best. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > chiropody or podology podology1818 pedicurism1863 chiropodistry1886 chiropody1886 chiropodism1887 podiatry1914 1863 G. A. Sala in Temple Bar 8 73 I am afflicted with corns defying the most recondite efforts of pedicurism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pedicurev. transitive. To treat (the feet, toenails, etc.) surgically or cosmetically. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments of specific parts > treat specific parts [verb (intransitive)] > treat feet pedicure1894 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments of specific parts > treat specific parts [verb (transitive)] > treat feet pedicure1894 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > beautify the body [verb (intransitive)] > treat the feet pedicure1894 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > beautify (the body) [verb (transitive)] > treat the feet pedicure1894 1894 Lima (Ohio) Times-Democrat 22 Sept. 2/5 The birds born in millinery shops are miserable objects... Birds that show their legs have their feet pedicured. 1954 Good Housek. (N.Y.) July 113 For tranquil, pretty toes, pedicure weekly after a bath. 1985 Money Apr. 76/3 Clients spend as much as $200 a day to be pounded, pampered, and pedicured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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