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calcation en · NOUN

Etymology

From calcate (“to trample”) + -ion (“forming abstract nouns”), from Latin calcatus (“trampled”), the past participle of calcāre (“to trample”) parsed via English -ate (“forming verbs”), from calx (“heel”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Doublet of calque.

Meanings

1. (rare) Synonym of trampling, the act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling.
2. (rare) Synonym of kick, the act of kicking someone or something, an instance of kicking.
   • Even a few supernumerary calcations would have been overlooked. 1822, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, number 12, page 342:

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Synonyms

trampling · kick