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beardlet

beardlet noun: a little beard.

Noun

beardlet (plural beardlets)

  1. A little beard.
    • In the present day […] there does appear also a lurking desire amongst a portion of our fellow-men for the revival of the beard, but, fearful of the aroused voice of the country, they seem tremulously to adopt―the beardlet―or the imperial, as it is magnificently termed.1837, Edward Duke, Prolusiones Historicæ, Salisbury, page 168
    • the firm slight lips between the military moustache and beardlet of that pointed face1929, Hilaire Belloc, chapter 5, in Richelieu: A Study, Philadelphia: Lippencott, page 88

Forms of beardlet

pluralbeardlets

Origin of beardlet

From beard + -let.

Words formed from beardlet

Questions about beardlet

What does beardlet mean?
Beardlet means a little beard.
What part of speech is beardlet?
Beardlet is a noun.
What is the plural of beardlet?
The plural of beardlet is beardlets.

Words near beardlet in the dictionary

  1. beardism
  2. beardist
  3. beardists
  4. beardless
  5. beardlessness
  6. beardlet
  7. beardlets
  8. beardletted
  9. beardlike
  10. beardline
  11. beardlines

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