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beardish

beardish adjective: characteristic of a beard; somewhat like a beard.

Adjective

beardish (comparative more beardish, superlative most beardish)

  1. Characteristic of a beard; somewhat like a beard.
    • [...] I was saying: "When in the city the cats recount Their innocent tales of mating, Why should the jungle elephants [Entangled in the beardish fibres Of sacred trees] spit out The rich verses night and day To frighten their sinful innocent hearts?1995, N. M. Rāshid, Poems of N.M. Rashed: A Poet of the Third World - Page 139
    • "Sure you know Doug, Doug's a kick-ass guy," the aforementioned Biff is heard from, short and broad with watery denim eyes dull and beady with party, and a little blond beardish thing sprouting from his chin, making it look a little like an armpit, Lenore.2014, David Foster Wallace, The David Foster Wallace Reader

Forms of beardish

comparativemore beardish
superlativemost beardish

Origin of beardish

From beard + -ish.

Questions about beardish

What does beardish mean?
Beardish means characteristic of a beard; somewhat like a beard.
What part of speech is beardish?
Beardish is an adjective.

Words near beardish in the dictionary

  1. beardies
  2. beardiest
  3. beardiness
  4. bearding
  5. bearding the lion in his den
  6. beardish
  7. beardism
  8. beardist
  9. beardists
  10. beardless
  11. beardlessness

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