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calceolate

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Adj — Shaped like a slipper.

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calceiform

Etymology

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

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