Barefoot Definition
bârfo͝ot
adjective
With nothing on the feet.
Walking barefoot in the grass; a barefoot boy.
American Heritage
With bare feet; without shoes and stockings or socks.
Webster's New World
(colloquial, of a vehicle on an icy road) Not using snow chains.
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Origin of Barefoot
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From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adv)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adv), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adv), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”).
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