caligate

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/ˈkælɪɡeɪt/

adjective

Wearing caligae or military boots.

OriginLatin caligātus →
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Meanings

adjectivecaligate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteWearing caligae or military boots.

    These are Knightes in their offices, but not nobles, and are called knights Caligate of Armes, because they were startuppes to the middle legge.

    1562, Gerard Legh, The Accedens of Armory, 4th edition, published 1597, page 40b
    1 more example

    If ſuch a one haue deſerued, by playing the part of a caligate knight, that is, a ſouldior on foote…to be aduanced to the order of knighthod by the sword: firſt, let him receiue of his Soueraigne ſome ſignes and tokens of honor, to ſet vpon his armor, and then hath he capacitie to receiue ſo great a dignity.

    1586, John Ferne, The Blazon of Gentrie, page 106

Origin

  1. Latincaligātus“wearing soldiers’ boots, booted”
  2. Englishcaligate

Borrowed from Latin caligātus (“wearing soldiers’ boots, booted”), from caliga (“a Roman military leathern boot”) + -ātus (“-ed, -ate”, suffix forming adjectives), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Translations

Latin caligātus
  • caligātuswearing caligae or military boots

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

glaciate
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APA

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Chicago

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