Barbigerous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Barbigerous is an adjective meaning (rare, humorous) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
Meaning
(rare, humorous) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
Example Sentences
1810, James Kennedy, Glenochel, Glasgow: R. Chapman, Volume 2, p. 118, Profoundly thoughtful looks the sage, / Barbigerous, and priestly mien’d;
[…] check out a portrait of the earl and you’ll see on his chin a barbigerous bulk that makes the poor fellow look like an Elizabethan cross between two Sams: Uncle and Yosemite.
1972, Saul K. Padover, Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography, New York: McGraw-Hill, Chapter 20, p. 348, the author magnificently barbigerous and the publisher elegantly bearded but bald
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include barbate, bearded, be-bearded, pogonic, barbal, barbuled.
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