Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wearing sandals: Describes a person or, less commonly, feet that are shod or clad in sandals.

Usage

• The adjective "sandalled" is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb) to describe the state of wearing sandals. It is a formal or literary term.
• Attributive use:
• Predicative use:

Examples

• The ancient statue depicted a sandalled warrior.
• The pilgrims, all sandalled, began their long journey.
• She walked across the hot stones, her feet comfortably sandalled.

Advanced Usage

• Poetic/Literary Context: Often used in descriptive writing to evoke a specific image, often historical, religious, or related to warm climates.
  • The sandalled prophet spoke to the crowd.

Variants and Related Words

• Sandal (noun): A type of open shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps.
• Unsandalled (adjective): Not wearing sandals; barefoot.

Synonyms

• Sandal-shod: A near-identical synonym, also meaning wearing sandals.

Notes

• The spelling "sandaled" is also correct, particularly in American English. "Sandalled" is more common in British English.
• This word is derived from the noun "sandal" and is not commonly used in everyday casual speech. More common phrasing would be "wearing sandals."

Adjective

1. shod with sandals