calceolate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin calceolus (“little shoe, slipper”) and English -ate (“forming adjectives”), from calceus (“calceus, footwear”) + -olus (“-ole: forming diminutives”), from calx (“heel”) + -eus (“forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkalsɪəleɪt/
Adjective edit
calceolate (comparative more calceolate, superlative most calceolate)
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- “calceolate, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2023.
- “calceolate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.