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calceatorium

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Searchable Lemmata: calceatorium (L).
Alternate Forms: calciatorium. Unique.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Other; shoe-horn.(circa 1483)
1. a schoynge horne, percipollex, calciatorium Lexicon. [DMLBS CathA (calceatorium) circa 1483]
c.f.: parcipollex
L; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, derived either from the verb calceare 'to shoe, to fit shoes' or the derived agent nouns calceator/calcearius 'shoemaker' etc. Cf. calceus and calceamentum (shoe, footwear).
WF: Derivation
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