beardy
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From beard + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian boartich (“bearded”), Dutch baardig (“bearded”), German bärtig (“bearded”).
Base: beard
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: beardier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more beardy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: beardiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most beardy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: beardies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beardie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Bearded.
pos: adj
examples: The plump John Bull, the sallow Frenchman, the beardy Italian, and still more-beardy Jew, the high-boned Scotchman the merry-faced Irishman, the turbaned Turk — a specimen of the human animal from almost every clime under heaven — are passing and repassing before you in the course of every ten minutes.
His beard covered his face and rested upon his still more beardy bosom, but its darkness gave an excellent color to his deep-red face.
1967 May, The Siege of Witch-Hobble Island, Boys' Life, page 44,
But his left foot was caught in that blame noose in the end of the rope, so only his beardy head went underwater and he was dragged along like that for a few wet yards.
"Very hairy, beardy, toothy kinds of heads," said Ardan. "I remember them, and they used to get hairier and beardier and toothier every second day.
The biggest, oldest, beardiest, reddest-faced of them addressed Professor Bellbuckle.
gloss: Manly, masculine.
pos: adj
examples: The Doge is one of the popular barytone's most weighty performances, and we do not remember to have heard his voice more powerful, his acting more beardy and emphatic.
gloss: A bearded person or animal:
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: His followers were known in Australia as ‘beardies.’
Seven such social groups were present at the two festivals: Beardies; Jammers; Irish Fiddlers; Poets; Dancers; Campers an Vanners.[…]The Beardies are men, mainly heavily bearded; described by David as ‘the traditionalists and fundamentalists of the folk scene’ who are often heads of folk club[s], the older generation and the highly respected (Figure 15.1).
gloss: A bearded person or animal:
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: The fascinating "beardie" is not a tit at all, but belongs to an Asian family, the parrotbills.
gloss: A bearded person or animal:
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: But she always kept her distance whenever one of my beardies was out of its cage, as if Moose merely acted like a good-natured lap lizard to throw her off[…].
It is impossible to determine the sex of beardies as babies or juveniles, so if you are thinking of breeding them, you may have to buy four or five and raise them in individual enclosures.
The bearded dragon will reach its adult length by one year. Baby beardies quickly grow into long, strong lizards!
gloss: A bearded person or animal:
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Beardies grow fast. They grow like a weed and can be as unsightly as one.
Beardies take two to three years to mature, so be prepared for typical puppy activity during this time.
gloss: A bearded person or animal:
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Loaches (or beardies) often also thinned our preserves, and in this they were occasionally helped by small eels. Whenever beardies got within an enclosure containing only creepers and caddis worms, in a very short space of time the beardies alone were left, so rapacious are these small fishes.
Derived words: beardiness
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