Meanings
calceate1
- not comparablerareSynonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders.
Synonyms: shod
calceate2
present singular third person calceates · participle present calceating · participle past calceated · past calceated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders.
verbSynonym of shoe: to put on shoes.
Origin
calceate · adjective
- Latincalceātus
- Englishcalceate
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).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →calceate · verb
Equivalent to calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calcate.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
calceate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calceate
“calceate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calceate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calceate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calceate.
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