discalced

Meaning

Adjective

Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.
Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes.

Origin

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus ("barefoot") --ed, rendering French déchaussé. Surface etymology dis- + calced.

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