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bearded

[ beer-did ]

adjective

  1. having a beard.
  2. having a hairlike growth or tuft, as certain wheats.
  3. having a barb, as a fishhook.


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Other Words From

  • bearded·ness noun
  • non·bearded adjective
  • un·bearded adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bearded1

First recorded in 1350–1400, bearded is from the Middle English word beerdid. See beard, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

The charismatic bearded revolucionario dressed in a dark olive uniform promised to restore order and hold elections.

Based on his sock puppet, I expected him to be a burly bearded giant clad in plaid—basically, a Canadian Paul Bunyan.

He looked very thin, was huskily bearded, and in a slim blue suit.

The Toyotas were packed with what appeared to be bearded Western Special Operations Forces.

The bearded volunteer, wearing an over-sized black flack jacket, said rebel resistance had stiffened.

One child between three and four was convulsed at the sight of his baby bib fastened round the neck of his bearded sire.

"It will be a brilliant snap, if you can actually accomplish it," was the red-bearded man's enthusiastic reply.

He surveyed the crowd in the court-room with calm indifference, and seldom glanced at the gray-bearded, benign-looking judge.

The group referred to consists of three bearded figures of advanced age, and of grave and strongly-marked features.

They looked, with their clean-shaven faces, absurdly young after the bearded Belgian soldiers.

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