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calceate en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/kælˈsiət/ (General-American)
/kælˈsijət/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
(Southern-England) audio
/kælˈsijɪt/ (General-American)
/kælˈsiɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

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

Deriveds

Fathers Calceate

Synonyms

shod

calceate en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/kælˈsiət/ (General-American)
/kælˈsijət/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
(Southern-England) audio
/kælsiˈeɪt/ (General-American)
/kælˈsijɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
calceating	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
calceates	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
calceated	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
calceated	Tense=Past	lexicographic

Synonyms

shoe