sockless
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- adjective
- /ˈsɑk.ləs/
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- Going sockless was one thing: in Sylvia's book, even that was tolerable only if accompanied by white duck yachting trousers, a striped boat-neck sweater, and a net income of over one hundred thousand dollars per annum.
- sockless loafers
- sockless sneakers
- sockless shoes
Examples
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He enjoys feeling the grass between his toes while walking sockless in the park.
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"Enid watches as he strides casually across the lawn in his faded jeans and sockless sneakers.
Fiction book (1993) -
I am not a fan of the sockless look for formal wear.
Blog text (3) -
We are back on the road, and I'm sockless and gloveless.
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It had never occurred to me that wearing sockless footwear could have such a dramatic effect on my skin.
Blog text (10) -
So I'm there sockless, drawless, I'm just free balling at this point.
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"I know," is all he says, and slowly gets to his feet, an angular, awkward body dressed in too large, too short trousers, a T-shirt, and dirty, sockless sneakers.
Fiction book (1995) -
They wear clothes typical for this Himalayan hill town: dirty rags, a brimless wool cap with a colorful border, and, since the streets are still thick with slush and dark running water, sockless feet in black rubber galoshes.
Fiction book (1998) -
There were runners: joggers wearing headphones and singing softly to themselves, and serious athletes, lithe, sockless in silk shorts, with perfect posture, their arms motionless, who seemed neither to sweat nor breathe heavily.
Fiction book (1994) -
On hot summer days, many people prefer to go sockless in their sandals.
How Covered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sockless is made of sock and -less, where -less means 'without'. So it literally means 'without socks', like wearing shoes with bare feet, and that's why it describes someone not wearing socks.