shoeless

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

shoeless (not comparable)

1. Without shoes

   He ran shoeless from the burning house.

   • (Can we date this quote by Dr. Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The ground about was thick sown with caltrops, which very much incommoded the shoeless Moors.

Synonyms

• barefoot, barefooted, unshod, unshoed

Derived terms

• shoelessly
• shoelessness

Translations

without shoes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒有鞋子, 没有鞋子 (méiyǒu xiézi)

• Esperanto: senŝua
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• Finnish: kengätön (fi)
• Spanish: descalzo (es) m, descalza (es) f
• Swedish: skolös, oskodd (sv), barfota (sv)

See also

• barefoot
• discalced

Anagrams

• essholes, hoseless