bearded

adjective

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

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Inside, one of my colleagues, a bearded intensivist named Shiraz Saleem, was treating a teen-age girl with diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening complication of diabetes caused by a lack of insulin. Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025 Smith and those other two, but especially the bearded 6-foot All-American, are that good. Brendan Marks, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 To encourage growth and blooming, dwarf and Dutch irises require more fertilizer than bearded varieties. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025 Fowler checks all the stereotypical craft beer boxes, being White, male, bearded and tattooed. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bearded

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 29 Apr. 2025.

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