discalced
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé.[1] Surface etymology dis- + calced.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈkælst/
Adjective
discalced (not comparable)
- (Roman Catholicism) Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes. [from 17th c.]
- Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.
- (formal, more generally) Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes. [from 19th c.]
- 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, Vintage Books, OCLC 70630525, page 24:
- They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen.
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Related terms
- dis-
- Discalced Carmelites
- discalceate
Translations
pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot
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shoeless — see shoeless, barefoot
References
- “discalced”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.