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nudipedalis

nudipedalis [CL nudus+pes+-alis] 1 barefoot. ipse ~is incessit R. Cold. Godr. 88. 2 (as sb. n. pl., ~ia exercere) to walk barefoot (as a sign of humility). Paulus ‥ caput raserit, ~ia exercuerit Bede Acts 990; parasceve ‥ debent exercere ~ia usquequo crux adoretur Ælf. Regul. Mon. 185; religionis vir electus est ‥ pannosus et miser, omni tempore exercens ~ia H. Bos. Thom. IV 16.

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