discalcedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) +‎ -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- +‎ calced.

発音

• IPA: /dɪsˈkælst/
• 韻: -ælst

形容詞

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, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 24:

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

関連する語

• dis-
• Discalced Carmelites
• discalceate

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