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shodden

shodden

9.9
Wearing shoes or boots rather than being barefoot
  • adjective
  • Archaic
: calzado
  • He arrived at the inn, weary but properly shodden for the journey.

Examples

  • Unlike the shodden soldiers, some villagers walked barefoot.

  • The travelers were shodden against the cold, muddy road.

  • The shodden horse trotted confidently across the field.

  • He walked around the house in shodden feet.

  • After a long day of hiking, she was glad to be shodden in sturdy boots.

  • The children wore shodden sandals to play on the hot pavement.

  • He felt more secure while walking on the rough terrain because he was shodden in thick shoes.

Synonyms

heeled
vsshodden
28 3.7

Having a raised back on the shoe that lifts the back of the foot

describes wearing shoes in general rather than focusing on the raised back feature
shod
vsshodden
4 7.2

Wearing shoes or other footwear

is the general adjective meaning wearing shoes or other footgear
slippered
vsshodden
1 5.1

Wearing soft shoes you wear inside the house

means wearing shoes or footgear broadly, not only indoor soft types
shoed
vsshodden
1 5.6

A person, animal, or thing that wears coverings on the feet, for example horses with metal pieces on their hooves

is the broad term for wearing shoes by people or animals generally
hobnailed
vsshodden
  • Archaic
1 9.6

Wearing heavy boots with metal nails in the soles

indicates wearing footwear generally rather than this heavy, studded boot style
sneakered
vsshodden
  • US
1 4.2

Wearing sports shoes

refers to wearing footwear in general rather than this specific shoe type
bootied
vsshodden
1 7.2

Having small soft covers on the feet to keep them warm, like baby socks or slippers

covers wearing shoes generally rather than emphasizing small boot style

How Shod

shodden
  • Archaic
9.9
barefoot
71 1.1

Surface Forms

shodden positive

Morphology

shodden = shod (opaque) = shod + den

The suffix 'den' is not a standard English suffix, making the word formation non-transparent.

Etymology

Shodden comes from the familiar word shod, related to the verb shoe, which meant 'to put on a shoe'. So to be shodden is simply to be 'wearing shoes', the opposite of barefoot.