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bearded¹

  • /ˈbɪədɪd/ UK
  • /ˈbɪədəd/ UK
  • /ˈbɪɹdəd/ US
  • /ˈbiɚdəd/ US

Where it comes from

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”).

adjective more bearded · most bearded

  1. Having a beard; involving a beard. (botany)

    Similar: barbigerous, beardy, be-bearded, awny, barbate, barbed, bristly

  2. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with). bearded mussel
  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.’
  5. Having barbs of a certain color.

    Similar: barbed

Opposite: beardless

noun beardeds

  1. abbreviation, 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.

bearded²

  • /ˈbɪədɪd/ UK
  • /ˈbɪədəd/ UK
  • /ˈbɪɹdəd/ US
  • /ˈbiɚdəd/ US

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of beard

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: awned, whiskered, awny, whiskery, bewhiskered, barbate, unshaven, unshaved, coulee, rockling, barbu, dared, barbigerous, beardy, hirsute, full-bearded

adjective

Opposite: beardless

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adj having a beard

Españolbarbudo, barbado
日本語ひげを生やした Hi-ge o hayashita
Portuguêsbarbado, barbudo
Françaisbarbu
Deutschbärtig, bebartet, gebartet
Italianobarbuto
Ελληνικάγενειοφόρος geneiofóros, μουσάτος mousátos
Românăbărbos
Русскийборода́тый borodátyj
العربيةمُلْتَحٍ multaḥin
עבריתמזוקן \ מְזֻקָּן m'zukán

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@misc{bearded_2026,
  title = {bearded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bearded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}