# bootee

Pronunciation: US say "BOO-tee" /ˈbuti/; UK

## Noun

1. A soft, usually knitted woolen shoe made for a baby or a small pet.
   - Simple: A soft shoe, usually knitted from wool, for a baby or a small pet.
   - _She found a single blue bootee in the box of baby clothes she had kept._
   - _The tiny dog trotted around the apartment in a set of knitted bootees._
2. An overshoe or sock put on to cover shoes or feet that are dirty.
   - Simple: A cover or sock that you pull over dirty shoes or feet.
   - _Visitors to the clean room must pull a plastic bootee over each shoe._
   - _The movers slipped on disposable bootees before carrying the piano across the white rug._
3. A heavy sock worn on the foot beneath a wetsuit.
   - Simple: A thick sock you wear on your foot under a wetsuit.
   - _She tugged the legs of her wetsuit down over a thick bootee on each foot._
   - _Without bootees under their wetsuits, the surfers' feet went numb within an hour._

## Origin

Formed from boot + -ee, a diminutive suffix, so literally "a little boot".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bootee (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).