different between discalced vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalce?tus (“barefoot”) +? -ed, rendering French déchaussé. Surface etymology dis- +? calced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?kælst/

Adjective

discalced (not comparable)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes. [from 17th c.]

   Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.

2. (formal, more generally) Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes. [from 19th c.]
   • 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, Vintage Books, page 24.

     They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen.

Related terms

• dis-
• Discalced Carmelites
• discalceate

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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