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begoateed en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- Middle English goot English goat English -ee English goatee Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English goateed English begoateed From be- + goateed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Synonym of goateed.
   • It is a graceful sight to watch, after the begoateed, behelmeted hero has walked out, followed by the chorus of warriors who shout “Revenge! Revenge!” without knowing what it’s all about, and for the modest compensation of a few pesos. 1932, Maurice Dumesnil, An Amazing Journey: Isadora Duncan in South America, Ives Washburn, Inc., page 137:
   • “We are all media now,” beamed Robert Phillips, CEO of Edelman, in whose swanky offices we were sitting, and whose posh canapés we had just bolted down. Indeed we are. Every half-wit in their bedroom. Every begoateed young wannabe gunslinger blogging away in Starbucks. Every nutter vomiting out vitriol, every parasite cutting and pasting and posting, every website “aggregating” the content paid for by someone else. 2009 May 21, Christina Patterson, “If you’re reading it, you should be paying for it”, in The Independent, number 7,052, London, page 33, column 1:
   • As in past performances given by him [Mitch Miller] in the Klein, the long-haired, bemustached and begoateed gentleman of 35, was enthusiastically applauded and was called back four times to acknowledge warm reception. 1947 November 28, Tere Pascone, “Connecticut Symphony Concert Features Mendelssohn Tribute”, in The Bridgeport Telegram, volume LVI, number 279, Bridgeport, Conn., section “Given Warm Reception”, page fourteen, column 8:

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Synonyms

goateed