calceated

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calceated

/kælsiˈeɪtəd/ US

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From Latin calceātus + English -ed under influence from English -ate (verb-forming suffix), past 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). Doublet of calcated.

adjective

not comparable, uncommon Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as distinguished from the barefoot mendicant orders. Prior to our perambulation of the prairie, I invested my crural organs with good gambados or spatterdashes, and had my pedal extremities well calceated, as a propugnation against the mordacity of amphisbaenas.
Similar: shod

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of calceate

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@misc{calceated_2026,
  title = {calceated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calceated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}