discalced

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkælst/

Adjective

discalced (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (formal, more generally) Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes. [from 19th c.]
   • 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 24:

     They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen.

Related terms

• dis-
• Discalced Carmelites
• discalceate

Translations

pertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot

• French: déchaux (fr)
• German: unbeschuht
• Hungarian: sarutlan (hu)
• Italian: scalzo (it)
• Latin: discalceātus
• Polish: bosy (pl) m

shoeless — see shoeless,‎ barefoot