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barbigerous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin barbiger from barba (“beard”) + gerō (“carry, wear”).

Meanings

1. (humorous, rare) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
   • 1810, James Kennedy, Glenochel, Glasgow: R. Chapman, Volume 2, p. 118, Profoundly thoughtful looks the sage, / Barbigerous, and priestly mien’d;
   • 1972, Saul K. Padover, Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography, New York: McGraw-Hill, Chapter 20, p. 348, the author magnificently barbigerous and the publisher elegantly bearded but bald
   • […] check out a portrait of the earl and you’ll see on his chin a barbigerous bulk that makes the poor fellow look like an Elizabethan cross between two Sams: Uncle and Yosemite. 2009, Barry Edelstein, chapter 4, in Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions, New York: HarperCollins, pages 123–124:

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