bearded en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɪɹdəd/ (US)
- /ˈbɪədɪd/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbiɚdəd/ (US)
- /ˈbɪədəd/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English berded, either from Old English ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English; by surface analysis, beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”).
Meanings
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Having a beard; involving a beard.
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1693, Juvenal, The Satyrs, translated by John Dryden and others, London: J. Tonson, 1735, 6th edition, Satyr VI, p. 80, https://archive.org/details/satyrsdecimusju00creegoog There are who in soft Eunuchs place their Bliss; / To shun the Scrubbing of a bearded Kiss, / And 'scape Abortion; but their solid Joy / Is when the Page, already past a Boy, / Is Capon'd late; and to the Gelder shown, / With his two Pounders to Perfection grown. / When all the Navel string cou'd give, appears; / All but the Beard, and that's the Barber's loss, not theirs.
Good sir, be a man: / Think every bearded fellow that's but yoked / May draw with you:
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:He made us laugh till we cried, and, not altogether displeased at the effect, undersized and bearded to the waist like a gnome, he would tiptoe amongst us and say, 'It's all very well for you beggars to laugh, but my immortal soul was shrivelled down to the size of a parched pea after a week of that work.'
1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XII, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 160:
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Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
[B]ut the joyous sea / Shall be our raiment, and the bearded star / Shoot arrows at our pleasure!
1881, Oscar Wilde, “Panthea”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 184:This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, / Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, / Stand like Druids of eld [...]
1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II), lines 1-3:bearded mussel
Bearded with dewy grass the mountains thrust / Their blackness high into the still grey light,
1894, A. E., “On a Hill-Top”, in Homeward: Songs by the Way, London: John Lane, published 1901, page 42:
- Of an axe: having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low.
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(in-compounds) Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
[...] who knows / If the scarce-bearded Caesar have not sent / His powerful mandate to you, ‘Do this, or this; Take in that kingdom, and enfranchise that; / Perform 't, or else we damn thee.’
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:… for with his hammer Thor / Smote 'mid the rocks the lichen-bearded pines / And burst their roots …
1855, Matthew Arnold, Balder Dead, Part II, lines 55-7, in The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840-1867, Oxford University Press, 1909, p. 248, https://archive.org/details/cu31924013206499Down below that in the Great River, now at its coldest hour, the heads and shoulders of the nymphs, and the great weedy-bearded head of the river-god, rose from the water.
1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 11, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998:
- Having barbs of a certain color.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more bearded | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most bearded | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
bearded vulture · scraggle-bearded · bearded tortoise · bearded lizard · bearded clam · bearded iris · bearded parrotbill · bearded star · full-bearded · bearded hawksbeard · nonbearded · bearded eagle · bearded tit · Sus ahoenobarbus) · bearded mussel · beardedness · blue-bearded · white-bearded antshrike · diabetic bearded woman syndrome · unbearded · bearded mountaineer · bearded dragon · bearded saki · bearded reedling · bearded lady · bearded collie · bearded creeper · bearded seal · bearded pig
Synonyms
barbed · beardy · bristly · barbigerous · be-bearded · barbate · awny · barbed
Translations (73)
ka წვერიანი (having a beard) · cs bradatý (having a beard) · hit 𒊭𒈠𒀭𒆪𒌫𒉿𒀭𒍝 (having a beard) · is skeggjaður (having a beard) · ja ひげを生やした (having a beard) · pt barbudo (having a beard) · gd ròmach (having a beard) · sk bradatý (having a beard) · cy barfog (having a beard) · sv skäggprydd (having a beard) · et habemega (having a beard) · de bärtig (having a beard) · br barvek (having a beard) · io barboza (having a beard) · az saqqallı (having a beard) · kw barvus (having a beard) · fi parrakas (having a beard) · gv faasaagagh (having a beard) · ms berjanggut (having a beard) · nb skjegget (having a beard) · zza herdişın (having a beard) · he מזוקן \ מְזֻקָּן (having a beard) · ro bărbos (having a beard) · ghc fésógach (having a beard) · de bebartet (having a beard) · ga féasógach (having a beard) · ast barbudu (having a beard) · gmh gebartet (having a beard) · fo skeggjutur (having a beard) · kea barbudu (having a beard) · ca barbut (having a beard) · eu bizardun (having a beard) · eo barba (having a beard) · hu szakállas (having a beard) · pt barbado (having a beard) · ar مُلْتَحٍ (having a beard) · nn skjeggete (having a beard) · zza erdişın (having a beard) · el γενειοφόρος (having a beard) · cs vousatý (having a beard) · tr sakallı (having a beard) · nl bebaard (having a beard) · de gebartet (having a beard) · pl brodaty (having a beard) · gd feusagach (having a beard) · ks دارؠل (having a beard) · da skægget (having a beard) · uk борода́тий (having a beard) · ka წვერებიანი (having a beard) · rup bãrbos (having a beard) · sv skäggig (having a beard) · la barbātus (having a beard) · io barba (having a beard) · ca barbat (having a beard) · lt barzdótas (having a beard) · yi בערדיק (having a beard) · vo balibilabik (having a beard) · tk sakgally (having a beard) · fo skeggjaður (having a beard) · fr barbu (having a beard) · bg брада́т (having a beard) · ka წვერულვაშიანი (having a beard) · kea barbude (having a beard) · fi partainen (having a beard) · nb skjeggete (having a beard) · be барада́ты (having a beard) · it barbuto (having a beard) · es barbudo (having a beard) · eo barbhava (having a beard) · sk fúzatý (having a beard) · es barbado (having a beard) · ru борода́тый (having a beard) · el μουσάτος (having a beard)
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