beardless

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beardless

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From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“beardless”), equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisian burdleas (“beardless”), Dutch baardeloos (“beardless”), German Low German baartlos (“beardless”), German bartlos (“beardless”).

adjective more beardless · most beardless

  1. Lacking a beard. A eunuch is a negative creature. A beardless Moslem is contemptuously designated as manless.

    Similar: smooth-faced

  2. broadly, of a male Not having reached puberty or manhood; youthful. shall a beardless boy, Cocker’d silken wanton, brave our fields, And flesh his spirit in a warlike soil, Mocking the air with colours idly spread, And find no check?
  3. Lacking an awn. beardless wheat
  4. Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

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adj without a beard

Españolimberbe, barbilampiño, lampiño, sin barba, carilampiño, desbarbado
日本語ひげなし Hi-ge nashi
Portuguêssem barba, imberbe, lampinho
Françaisimberbe
Deutschbartlos, ohne Bart
Italianoimberbe, sbarbato
Ελληνικάαγένειος agéneios, απώγων apógon
Русскийбезборо́дый bezboródyj
العربيةأَمْرَد ʔamrad

adj not having reached manhood

Españolinmaduro, mancebo, imberbe

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@misc{beardless_2026,
  title = {beardless},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beardless},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}