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pogonology

pogonology noun: the study of beards.

Noun

pogonology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of beards.
    • Throughout the history of pogonology the owners of beards have made them the subject of much loving care.1955, The Saturday Book, volume 15, page 53
    • I would find it interesting to trace the whole question of facial hair back to antiquity, exploring developments in pogonology (to be technical again), quoting from the ancients, but you can have too much of a good thing.1996, Ivan Vladislavić, Propaganda by Monuments & Other Stories, page 70

pogonology meaning in Tamil

pogonology in Tamil

அணலியல்

Origin of pogonology

From pogono- + -ology.

Questions about pogonology

What does pogonology mean?
Pogonology means the study of beards.
What is pogonology in Tamil?
Pogonology in Tamil is அணலியல். See Pogonology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pogonology?
Pogonology is a noun.

Words near pogonology in the dictionary

  1. pogonips
  2. pogono-
  3. pogonological
  4. pogonologist
  5. pogonologists
  6. pogonology
  7. pogonophile
  8. pogonophiles
  9. pogonophilia
  10. pogonophilic
  11. pogonophobe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pogonology (page history and authors); Pogonology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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