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Barefoot vs Discalceate - What's the difference?

barefoot | discalceate |

As adjectives the difference between barefoot and discalceate

is that barefoot is wearing nothing on the feet while discalceate is barefoot.

As an adverb barefoot

is wearing nothing on the feet.

As a verb discalceate is

(rare) to remove shoes or other footwear.

barefoot

English

(wikipedia barefoot)

Adjective

(-)
  • Wearing nothing on the feet.
    • After removing their shoes, socks and sandals at the doorway, the kids were barefoot .
  • (colloquial, of a vehicle on an icy road) not using snow chains.

    • Synonyms

    * barefooted, discalced, shoeless, unshod, unshoed

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Wearing nothing on the feet.
    • She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.

    Derived terms

    * barefooting * the shoemaker's children go barefoot

    discalceate

    English

    Verb

    (discalceat)
  • (rare) To remove shoes or other footwear.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • barefoot
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