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barbigerous

barbigerous adjective: having a beard; bearded; hairy.

Adjective

barbigerous (comparative more barbigerous, superlative most barbigerous)

  1. (humorous, rare) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
    • Profoundly thoughtful looks the sage, / Barbigerous, and priestly mien’d;1810, James Kennedy, Glenochel, Glasgow: R. Chapman, Volume 2, p. 118
    • the author magnificently barbigerous and the publisher elegantly bearded but bald1972, Saul K. Padover, Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography, New York: McGraw-Hill, Chapter 20, p. 348

Forms of barbigerous

comparativemore barbigerous
superlativemost barbigerous

Origin of barbigerous

From Latin barbiger from barba (“beard”) + gerō (“carry, wear”).

Questions about barbigerous

What does barbigerous mean?
Barbigerous means having a beard; bearded; hairy.
What part of speech is barbigerous?
Barbigerous is an adjective.

Words near barbigerous in the dictionary

  1. barbierite
  2. barbiers
  3. barbies
  4. Barbiesque
  5. Barbification
  6. barbigerous
  7. Barbin
  8. barbing
  9. Barbins
  10. barbital
  11. barbitalism

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