Dictionary

shoeless en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English sholes, scholes, equivalent to shoe + -less. Compare Dutch schoenloos (“shoeless”), German schuhlos (“shoeless”), Old Norse skólaus (“shoeless”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without shoes; not wearing shoes
   • The ground about was thick sown with caltrops, which very much incommoded the shoeless Moors. c. 1681, Lancelot Addison, The Moores baffled: being a discourse concerning Tanger:
   • He ran shoeless from the burning house.

Deriveds

shoelessly · shoelessness

Relateds

discalced · barefoot

Synonyms

unshod · barefooted · unshoed · barefoot

Translations (10)

es descalzo (without shoes) · sv skolös (without shoes) · el απαπούτσωτος (without shoes) · cmn 沒有鞋子 /没有鞋子 (without shoes) · eo senŝua (without shoes) · sv oskodd (without shoes) · sv barfota (without shoes) · is á sokkaleistunum (without shoes) · enm scholes (without shoes) · fi kengätön (without shoes)