misopogon
/ˌmɪsəˈpəʊɡɒn/
misopogon noun: a person with hate or contempt for beards.
Noun
misopogon (plural misopogons)
- A person with hate or contempt for beards.
- Some of the misopogons are quite consistent in this, and object to beards altogether on the grounds of their being unclean, ungentlemanly, un-English.1873, Robert Hall Baynes, “A Plea For Beards, Clerical and Lay”, in Rev. S.C. Austen, editor, The Churchman’s shilling magazine and family treasury, volume 13
- It is true to a proverb that we English people have a knack of doing the best possible things in the worst possible way; and that not, unfrequently, when we do once begin doing them we do them to death. It takes some time to convince us that the particular thing is worth doing at all; but, once...1875, Charles Maurice Davies, Mystic London, London / New York: Tinsley Brothers / R. Worthington, Chapter XXII. Penny Readings, pages 172–173 / 140
- The contempt of philosophers and associated paraphernalia (wisdom, the philosopher's beard, etc.)
Forms of misopogon
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Origin of misopogon
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισοπώγων (misopṓgōn, “somebody who hates beards”), which is incidentally the title of a book by Emperor Julian, from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).
Words formed from misopogon
Questions about misopogon
- What does misopogon mean?
- Misopogon means a person with hate or contempt for beards.
- What part of speech is misopogon?
- Misopogon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce misopogon?
- Misopogon is pronounced /ˌmɪsəˈpəʊɡɒn/.
- What is the plural of misopogon?
- The plural of misopogon is misopogons.
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