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.

Other Word Forms

• beardedness noun
• nonbearded adjective
• unbearded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bearded¹

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

Example Sentences

"Giving first place to a bearded lady is a slight on humanity," Russian MP Valery Rashkin told me at the time.

From BBC

“Animals sold in pet stores come from cruel mills where thousands of animals from bearded dragons to parrots are crammed into cages and tanks,” said Liz Cabrera Holtz, the organization’s senior program manager.

From Los Angeles Times

The film sees the usually well-groomed Irishman transform into a bearded Ron, the gregarious one-time trade union leader turned unlikely amateur sleuth, in a new Netflix movie based on the first book in the series.

From BBC

"It's all here," said our colleague, holding up the money to show to a bearded man with a glass eye.

From BBC

His stern-looking bearded face continued to peer from banners in left-wing demonstrations; and once a year protesters gathered to demand his freedom outside his prison in the Pyrenees.

From BBC

Related Words

• shaggy 
• unshaven