foot kiss

English

Noun

foot kiss (plural foot kisses)

1. A reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or other revered figure.

   A foot kiss leaves no shred of doubt about the pecking order.

   • 1992, Kartini (Raden Adjeng), Letters from Kartini: An Indonesian Feminist, 1900-1904 (page 480)

     At the formal introduction, that is when the bride and bridegroom were brought together, K. did not offer her husband a foot kiss, and oh, what a murmur did that not produce amongst the family, […]

Translations

reverential kiss on the foot

• Dutch: voetkus (nl) m
• Finnish: jalan suutelu
• German: Fußkuss (de) m
• Romanian: sărutarea picioarelor f (definite)
• Spanish: besapiés m