Excalceate

/ɛksˈkælsieɪt/ verb

Definition

To remove shoes from someone's feet; to strip of footwear or to go barefoot.

Etymology

From Latin ex- (off) + calceus (shoe). A variant of excalcarate with slightly different Latin form.

Kelly Says

Excalceate appears in medieval religious texts describing ceremonies where pilgrims or penitents had their shoes removed—it was a ritualized humbling. Your shoes were your status symbol.

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