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calceuses

calceuses is the plural of calceus.

Meaning of calceus

Noun

calceus (plural calceuses or calcei)

  1. A kind of low leather Roman boot or hightop shoe.
    • In its earliest form the calceus was a low-cut model of the Greek endromis, a snug-fitting ankle-high boot, the front finished in a tongue to facilitate drawing on the shoe.1948, Ruth Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Footwear..., page 32

Questions about calceuses

What is calceuses the plural of?
Calceuses is the plural of calceus.

Words near calceuses in the dictionary

  1. calceology
  2. calcequestrin
  3. calcergy
  4. calces
  5. calceus
  6. calceuses
  7. calcgneiss
  8. Calchaquian
  9. Calchaquí
  10. Calchary
  11. calci-

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