calceolate

English

Etymology

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkalsɪəleɪt/

Adjective

calceolate (comparative more calceolate, superlative most calceolate)

1. (chiefly botany) Slipper-shaped, shaped like a slipper.

Hypernyms

• calceiform

Derived terms

• calceolately

 

References

• “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.