beardless

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Lacking a beard.
  2. (broadly) Not having reached puberty or manhood; youthful.
  3. Lacking an awn.
  4. Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“beardless”), equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisian burdleas (“beardless”), Dutch baardeloos (“beardless”), German Low German baartlos (“beardless”), German bartlos (“beardless”).

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