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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

  1. Having a beard; involving a beard.
    • (zoology)
    • (botany)
    • 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:
  2. 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:
  3. 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.
  4. (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/cu31924013206499
    • Down 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:
  5. Having barbs of a certain color.

Forms

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more bearded Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most bearded Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

beardless

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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bearded en · NOUN · 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

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of bearded iris.
    • The herbaceous perennial irises benefit from at least one feeding a year in early spring as growth begins. Siberian and Japanese irises appreciate a second feeding just as the flowers fade. Beardeds do best with a second feeding in late summer. 2017, Barbara W. Ellis, “Iris: Irises”, in Taylor's Guide to Growing North America's Favorite Plants: Proven Perennials, Annuals, Flowering Trees, Shrubs, & Vines for Every Garden, New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 181:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beardeds Number=Plur lexicographic

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bearded en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɪɹdəd/ (US)
  • /ˈbɪədɪd/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbiɚdəd/ (US)
  • /ˈbɪədəd/ (UK)

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of beard
    form of beard