calceolate

Slipper-shaped, shaped like a slipper.

Adjective

  1. Slipper-shaped, shaped like a slipper.

Origin

From Latin calceolus (“little shoe, slipper”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from calceus (“calceus, footwear”) + -olus (diminutive noun-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) + -eus (adjective-forming suffix).

Forms

more calceolate most calceolate

Hypernyms

calceiform

Related

calceate calceolaria

Derived

calceolately