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discalced en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɪsˈkælst/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- + calced.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.
    • Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.
  2. (broadly, formal, not-comparable) Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes.
    • They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen. 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 24:

Relateds

Discalced Carmelites · dis- · discalceate

Translations (6)

de unbeschuht (pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot) · la discalceātus (pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot) · it scalzo (pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot) · fr déchaux (pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot) · hu sarutlan (pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot) · pl bosy (pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot)