Calceate
//kælˈsiɪt// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Synonym of shoe: to put on shoes. ambitransitive, obsolete
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders. not-comparable, rare
Synonyms
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Etymology 1
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).
Etymology 2
Equivalent to calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calcate.
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