calceate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin calceātus, participle of calceāre (“to shoe, to provide with shoes”), from calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ō (“forming verbs”), from calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”). As a verb under influence from the English suffix -ate (“forming verbs”). Doublet of calcate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): (adjective) /kælˈsiɪt/, /kælˈsijɪt/, /kælˈsiət/, /kælˈsijət/, (verb) /kælsiˈeɪt/
Adjective
[edit]calceate (not comparable)
- (rare) Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]calceate (third-person singular simple present calceates, present participle calceating, simple past and past participle calceated)
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) Synonym of shoe: to put on shoes.
References
[edit]- “† calceate, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2023.
- “calceate, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]calceāte
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