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English
Pronunciation
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).
Adjective
calceate (not comparable)
- (rare) Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Equivalent to calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calcate.
Verb
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
- “† calceate, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2023.
- “calceate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Latin
Verb
calceāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of calceō