discalced

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) +‎ -ed, rendering French déchaussé.[1] Surface etymology dis- +‎ calced.

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkælst/

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, Vintage Books, OCLC 70630525, page 24:

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

• dis-
• Discalced Carmelites
• discalceate