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Definition of Pedicure

1. Verb. Care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc..

Definition of Pedicure

1. n. The care of the feet and nails.

Definition of Pedicure

1. Noun. superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails ¹

2. Verb. To apply such treatment to the feet ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pedicure

1. to administer a cosmetic treatment to the feet and toenails [v -CURED, -CURING, -CURES]

Medical Definition of Pedicure

1. Care and treatment of the feet. Origin: L. Pes (ped-), foot, + cura, treatment (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedicure

Literary usage of Pedicure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Operative Surgery, Based on Normal and Pathological Anatomy by Joseph-François Malgaigne (1851)
"OPERATIONS PERFORMED ON THE EPIDERMIS AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, OR THE ART OF pedicure. I.—CORNS. Anatomy of the Epidermis.—The corn is an excrescence in the ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1861)
"To have to begin ab ovo, and to pass for a pedicure into the bargain ! ... One of my friends advised me to apply to an excellent pedicure, whose address he ..."

3. Romantic Weekends in Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland by Norman Renove, Norman Renouf, Kathy Renouf (2000)
"pedicure, spa lunch, flowers and makeup application. The cost is $225. Spa Day for Men includes a European facial, steam room, all-over body and scalp ..."

4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"He remained in that state for a quarter of an hour wnen he sent in the greatest hurry for his pedicure. In the meantime, his Majesty dressed, ..."

5. The Army Behind the Army by Edward Alexander Powell (1919)
"... first weeks of the invasion in 1914, that following each regiment of infantry was a huge motor-truck carrying a complete pedicure establishment—a sort ..."

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