discalced
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.
— Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.
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Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes.
— They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen.
词汇关系
词源
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- + calced.
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