Meanings
- not comparableCatholicismPertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.First known use 17th c.
Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.
- broadlyformalnot comparableShoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes.First known use 19th c.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchdéchaussé
- Ecclesiastical Latindiscalceātus“barefoot”
- Englishdiscalced
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- + calced.
More words from Ecclesiastical Latin, French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French déchaux
- déchauxpertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot
German unbeschuht
- unbeschuhtpertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot
Hungarian sarutlan
- sarutlanpertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot
Italian scalzo
- scalzopertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot
Latin discalceātus
- discalceātuspertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot
Polish bosy
- bosypertaining to a religious order that was historically barefoot
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with discalced
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discalced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discalced
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