Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calceated

/kælsiˈeɪtəd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-ceat-ed
IPA: /kælsiˈeɪtəd/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as distinguished from the barefoot mendicant orders.

verb

simple past and past participle of calceate

Example Sentences

"Prior to our perambulation of the prairie, I invested my crural organs with good gambados or spatterdashes, and had my pedal extremities well calceated, as a propugnation against the mordacity of amphisbaenas."
"He should, however, also be calceated."
"All Carmelites, both the barefoot and the calceated orders, were to be collected in the institutions at Straubing, while all the Augustinians were to be placed in the Augustinian monastery at Munich."

Etymology

From Latin calceātus + English -ed under influence from English -ate (verb-forming suffix), past 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). Doublet of calcated.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: calceātus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kælsiˈeɪtəd/

Synonyms

shod

Questions

How do you pronounce calceated?: The recorded pronunciation is /kælsiˈeɪtəd/.
What does calceated mean?: Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as distinguished from the barefoot mendicant orders.
Where does calceated come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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