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caligate

/ˈkælɪɡeɪt/

caligate adjective: wearing caligae or military boots.

Adjective

caligate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Wearing 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
    • 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...1586, John Ferne, The Blazon of Gentrie, page 106

Origin of caligate

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).

Words formed from caligate

Phrases with caligate

Questions about caligate

What does caligate mean?
Caligate means wearing caligae or military boots.
What part of speech is caligate?
Caligate is an adjective.
How do you pronounce caligate?
Caligate is pronounced /ˈkælɪɡeɪt/.

Words near caligate in the dictionary

  1. Californy
  2. califs
  3. caliga
  4. caligae
  5. Caligaris
  6. caligate
  7. caligation
  8. caligid
  9. caligidosis
  10. caligids
  11. caligiform

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