pedipulation

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === pedipulation (usually uncountable, plural pedipulations) (uncountable, rare) Dexterous manipulation of objects using the feet. 1853 Jan. to June, "Notes upon Australia," The British Journal, p. 315 (Google preview): It is a rather amusing sight to see the native and his "lubra," or wife. . . . [T]heir remarkable power of pedipulation is a serviceable agent to them, for any small article which excites their cupidity they can take up with the toe, pass it up the back, and then conceal it in the girdle. (countable, rare) An instance of such manipulation. ==== Related terms ==== pedipulate pedipulator === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2005.