bootee

• bootie

From boot +‎ -ee (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: booty

bootee (plural bootees)

1. A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.

   Take off the baby's bootees before you put her in the crib.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’

2. A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
3. An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

   Coordinate term: slipper

   Surgeons often slip on bootees before entering the operating room.

   • 2017 December 23, Candace Jackson, “Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Just above the Sunset Strip, construction workers in white bootees were putting the final touches on another home — a 14,000-square-foot house that Mr. Niami is building for himself.

bootee

1. inflection of bootear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative