bearded

adjective

beard·​ed ˈbir-dəd How to pronounce bearded (audio)
: having a beard
a bearded man
beardedness noun

Examples of bearded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One man even brought his bearded dragon, and another group was visiting from Fort Worth, Texas. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024 Scarlet kicked things off to a strong start with her creation, Beardy, the bearded dragon. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024 The bearded man also appears to have been beaten during his detention, and his cheek, nose and forehead were bruised and bloodied. Paul Sonne, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024 But that this balding, bearded eccentric could topline a movie felt notable. David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024 There’s a bearded man on the bench by the pedestrian mall part of Forest Avenue. Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2024 There are several other creatures with dragon in their name such as bearded dragons, dragonfish and dragonflies. Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024 Nick Brown, a slight, bearded thirty-two-year-old who wore a wide-brimmed hat atop a tuft of dark hair, met me at the bottom of a dusty road that led up to his family’s ranch in Carpinteria, some seventy miles north of L.A., on a hillside with a glorious ocean view. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024 On the other side of town, a bearded young man stood on a busy street corner outside a shopping center and waved a large green-, white- and black-striped Palestinian flag. USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bearded was before the 12th century

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“Bearded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearded. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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