beardless

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

whiskerless

clean-shaven

smooth-faced

unbearded

smoothfaced

blindfold

hairless

bald

Translations

imberbe

imberbe

bartlos

imberbe

baardeloos

imberbe

barbilampiño

glabre

glabro

αγένειος

lampiño

imberbe

barbamec

sans barbe

senza barba

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: berdles

Inherited from Old English: beardlēas

Cognate with Scots: berdles

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: boartloos

Cognate with Western Frisian: burdleas

Cognate with Dutch: baardeloos

Cognate with German: bartlos

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”).