discalced
Meanings
adj
- Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.
- Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- + calced.
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