Calced

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /kælst/

Definitions

1. Treated by applying lime or calcium compounds to change its composition or condition
2. Subjected to a process that involves using lime to alter its physical or chemical properties
3. Having undergone a modification through the addition or coating of lime to transform the material

Etymology: Latin "calceus" meant a shoe, and it was itself built on "calx," meaning heel, so the footwear was named for the part it covered. English took "discalced," meaning barefoot, from the Latin "discalceatus," where "dis-" marks the removal or lack of the shoe. The name stuck most famously to the Discalced Carmelites, a Catholic order of friars and nuns who went without shoes or wore only sandals. "Calced" is a back-formation from "discalced," made by stripping off the apparent negative prefix "dis-." Its sense is the opposite of its parent: wearing shoes or footwear. The term is used mostly in religious and historical contexts, where it distinguishes orders or people who wore shoes from those who did not.

Synonyms: shod, shodden

Antonyms: unshod, barefoot