chiropodist
pronunciation
How to pronounce chiropodist in British English:
UK [kɪˈrɒpədɪst]
How to pronounce chiropodist in American English:
US [kɪˈrɑpədɪst]
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- Noun:
- a specialist in care for the feet
Word Origin
- chiropodist
- chiropodist: see surgeon
- chiropodist (n.)
- 1785, from chiro- "hand" + pod-, stem of Greek pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)) + -ist. Probably coined by Canadian-born U.S. healer Daniel Palmer (1845-1913); originally they treated both hands and feet. A much-maligned word among classicists, who point out it could mean "having chapped feet" but probably doesn't, and in that case it is an etymological garble and no one can say for sure what it is meant to signify. Related: Chiropody.
Example
- 1. He goes to the chiropodist to have his bunions treated .
- 2. Hello , I 'm charles goldman , a qualified chiropodist podiatrist .
- 3. That had to be , because otherwise her casting photograph , which an aide threw out of the pile , would never have reached hughes , and he would never have rescued her from life as a chiropodist 's receptionist in los angeles .