calceate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/kælˈsiɪt/
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/kælˈsiɪt/ · /kælˈsijɪt/ · /kælˈsiət/ · /kælˈsijət/ · /kælsiˈeɪt/

Definition of calceate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

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

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

verb

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

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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).

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