Shoeless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without shoes; not wearing shoes not-comparable

    "He ran shoeless from the burning house."

Adjective
  1. 1
    without shoes wordnet

Synonyms

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barefootbarefootbarefootbarefootedbarefootedbarefooted

Example

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"He ran shoeless from the burning house."

Etymology

From Middle English sholes, scholes, equivalent to shoe + -less. Compare Dutch schoenloos (“shoeless”), German schuhlos (“shoeless”), Old Norse skólaus (“shoeless”).

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