grey-beardedgray-beardedadj.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪˈbɪədᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪˈbɪrdᵻd/

Forms: see grey adj. and n. and bearded adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., bearded adj.

Etymology: < grey adj. + bearded adj. Compare greybeard n., and grey-headed adj., grey-haired adj.

1. Of a man: having a grey beard; elderly, old.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > types of > having

long-beardedc1400

red-bearded1552

white-bearded1555

whey-bearded1556

grey-bearded1562

black-bearded1577

barbatulousc1600

bush-bearded1615

big-bearded1620

sand-beardeda1641

goateed1847

brown-bearded1882

peach fuzz1932

peach-fuzzed1956

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 63 Ioyfull teares ranne downe the cheekes of this gray berded syer.

1576 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 51 He was ane honest wele elderlie man, gray bairdit.

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. ii. 21 The guise of the world at this day..resembles the age of our good grandsire, gray-bearded Saturne.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 25 We..speak no more wonders, than the grey bearded men, that have gone before us.

a1764 C. Churchill Rosciad in Poems (1766) I. 44 Gray-bearded vet'rans, who..Extol the times when they themselves were young.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Midlothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 72 An old grey-headed and grey-bearded Highlander..bent double by age.

1899 Expositor Feb. 131 We fancied them stately and grey-bearded.

1919 R. A. Cram Walled Towns iv. 77 He is an old man, grey-bearded.

1940 K. Schriftgiesser Families iii. 137 Not even the grey-bearded Hegelians, with their German learning, could ignore his [sc. William James's] pages.

2004 G. Keizer Help 128 His deacon is a gray-bearded, chain-smoking Vietnam vet.

2. Relating to or characteristic of advanced age or long experience. Cf. grey-haired adj. 1b, grey-headed adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > having characteristics of old age

agedlike1530

grey-bearded1593

old1832

1593 M. Drayton Idea iv. sig. D3 I think thou dot'st in thy gray-bearded age.

c1600 Pilgrimage i. in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 95 Now Philomusus doe youre beardless years..Vrge mee to..giue gray bearded counsell to youre age.

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 177 Your Universal Judgment, search'd about: And put Gray-bearded Errors, to the rout.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 26. ⁋7 To teach young men, who are too tame under representation, how grey-bearded insolence ought to be treated.

1818 R. Peters Let. 12 Dec. in J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1893) IV. 421 The predisposed fancy..is a pleasing delusion, which grey-bearded scrutiny..should never extinguish.

1878 J. G. Whittier Vision of Echard 77 Fate summoned, in gray-bearded age, to act A history stranger than his written fact.

1922 McClure's Mag. Apr. 15/2 Not the least remarkable quality of gray-bearded experience is its silence.

1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones 5 He..overturned known ‘facts’ in paleoanthropology with little regard for venerable ideas and gray-bearded wisdom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grey-bearded
释义	grey-beardedgray-beardedadj. Brit. /ˌɡreɪˈbɪədᵻd/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪˈbɪrdᵻd/ Forms: see grey adj. and n. and bearded adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., bearded adj. Etymology: < grey adj. + bearded adj. Compare greybeard n., and grey-headed adj., grey-haired adj. 1. Of a man: having a grey beard; elderly, old. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > types of > having long-beardedc1400 red-bearded1552 white-bearded1555 whey-bearded1556 grey-bearded1562 black-bearded1577 barbatulousc1600 bush-bearded1615 big-bearded1620 sand-beardeda1641 goateed1847 brown-bearded1882 peach fuzz1932 peach-fuzzed1956 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 63 Ioyfull teares ranne downe the cheekes of this gray berded syer. 1576 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 51 He was ane honest wele elderlie man, gray bairdit. 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. ii. 21 The guise of the world at this day..resembles the age of our good grandsire, gray-bearded Saturne. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 25 We..speak no more wonders, than the grey bearded men, that have gone before us. a1764 C. Churchill Rosciad in Poems (1766) I. 44 Gray-bearded vet'rans, who..Extol the times when they themselves were young. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Midlothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 72 An old grey-headed and grey-bearded Highlander..bent double by age. 1899 Expositor Feb. 131 We fancied them stately and grey-bearded. 1919 R. A. Cram Walled Towns iv. 77 He is an old man, grey-bearded. 1940 K. Schriftgiesser Families iii. 137 Not even the grey-bearded Hegelians, with their German learning, could ignore his [sc. William James's] pages. 2004 G. Keizer Help 128 His deacon is a gray-bearded, chain-smoking Vietnam vet. 2. Relating to or characteristic of advanced age or long experience. Cf. grey-haired adj. 1b, grey-headed adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > having characteristics of old age agedlike1530 grey-bearded1593 old1832 1593 M. Drayton Idea iv. sig. D3 I think thou dot'st in thy gray-bearded age. c1600 Pilgrimage i. in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 95 Now Philomusus doe youre beardless years..Vrge mee to..giue gray bearded counsell to youre age. 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 177 Your Universal Judgment, search'd about: And put Gray-bearded Errors, to the rout. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 26. ⁋7 To teach young men, who are too tame under representation, how grey-bearded insolence ought to be treated. 1818 R. Peters Let. 12 Dec. in J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1893) IV. 421 The predisposed fancy..is a pleasing delusion, which grey-bearded scrutiny..should never extinguish. 1878 J. G. Whittier Vision of Echard 77 Fate summoned, in gray-bearded age, to act A history stranger than his written fact. 1922 McClure's Mag. Apr. 15/2 Not the least remarkable quality of gray-bearded experience is its silence. 1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones 5 He..overturned known ‘facts’ in paleoanthropology with little regard for venerable ideas and gray-bearded wisdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1562
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