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calceate¹

  • /kælˈsiɪt/ US
  • /kælˈsijɪt/ US
  • /kælˈsiət/ US
  • /kælˈsijət/ US

Where it comes from

From Latin calceātus, participle of calceāre (“to shoe, to provide with shoes”), from calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Latin calceus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

adjective

  1. not comparable, rare Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders.

calceate²

  • /kælˈsijɪt/ US
  • /kælˈsiət/ US
  • /kælˈsijət/ US
  • /kælsiˈeɪt/ US

Where it comes from

Equivalent to calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calcate.

verb calceates · calceating · calceated

  1. ambitransitive, obsolete Synonym of shoe: to put on shoes.

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