Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
adjective
- barefooted: used to denote friars and nuns who wear sandals
“unshod, barefoot,” 1650s, from Latin discalceatus, from dis- (see dis-) + calceatus, past participle of calceare “to furnish with shoes,” from calceus “shoe.”