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beardage en · NOUN

Etymology

From beard + -age.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, slang, uncountable) The mass or volume of a beard.
    • Make sure you don't have to take a drug test the morning after East Van rock outfit Black Mountain brings its sludgy riffs and back-to-the-land beardage to the Commodore Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. 2010 November 26, “Picks of the week”, in Vancouver Courier, page 37:
    • Manhood does not go by age, or bulk, or beardage. 1866, William Arnot, “Ourselves, and How to Make the Most of Them”, in Six Lectures Delivered In Exeter Hall, page 69:
    • Petrovitch scratched at the stubble on his chin. "Could never grow a proper beard. Now, Archie's? That was serious beardage. […] 2013, Simon Morden, The Curve of the Earth, unnumbered page: