Discalced

Full definition of discalced

Adjective

1. shoeless; barefoot; without shoes on; wearing sandals rather than shoes.
• 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, Vintage Books, page 24.They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen.
2. Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.

Related terms

• dis-
• Discalced Carmelites