beardlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɪədləs/, U.S.

/ˈbɪrdləs/

Forms: see beard n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beard n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < beard n. + -less suffix.

1. Of a person: having no beard; (in extended use) youthful, immature.In quot. OE translating classical Latin ephēbus ephebe n., probably here interpreted as showing use as adjective. In quot. a1200 translating classical Latin impūbēs below the age of puberty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [adjective]

beardlessOE

unhaireda1616

hobbledehoyish1812

young-mannish1846

ephebic1865

the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > having no > because of youth

beardlessOE

unbearded1560

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 368 Ut effebo [hyrcitallo] : s. cum, swaswa beardleas, sine barba [OE Corpus Cambr. 326 swa beardleasum].

a1200 Glosses to Ælfric's Gram. & Gloss. (Faust. A.x) (2003) 300 Inpubis, berdles.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 349 Þere come fiftene ȝong berdles men i-cloþed as wommen.

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. viii. sig. a.vi They had no ioye to receyue no yeftes of a berdles boye that was come of lowe blood.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 69 Shall a beardlesse boy, A cockred-silken wanton braue our fields?

1621 F. Quarles Hadassa (1638) 112 Rash, and beardlesse Counsell.

1712 Spectator No. 527. ⁋2 A beardless stripling.

1825 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 72 Is beardless youth to show no respect for the decisions of mature age?

1924 Times 21 Mar. 13/6 A beardless and withered eunuch, who could scarcely bear to be looked at, he was, nevertheless, a man of energy and ability.

2009 ‘The Beards’ No Beard, no Good (transcribed from song) in Beards, Beards, Beards There's a beardless man in the flat next door. I've never spoken to him before and I never will until he grows a beard.

2. Botany. Of a (variety of) plant or a part of a plant: that lacks a beard (beard n. 4a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > not having hair

dodc1449

unbearded1688

beardless1760

mutic1777

awnless1787

downless1796

bald1804

unawned1821

fringeless1837

muticous1847

muticate1913

1760 J. Hill Flora Britannica (new ed.) 42 Its Tufts large and brown, composed of fine forked or gaping beardless Glumes.

1836 Agriculturist's Man. (P. Lawson & Son) i. 14 (heading) Red Beardless Wheats, varieties of T. sativum, which are..not included by botanists under the specific name of T. æstivum or Spring Wheat, from their having almost no awns.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 97 Milk-vetch... Style filiform, beardless, stigma terminal.

1921 Condor 23 87 About one-half of the area was an open field planted in potatoes and beardless barley.

1994 London (Ont.) Free Press 23 July (Regional ed.) j5/1 Plant bearded irises in August and beardless in late September.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beardless
释义	beardlessadj. Brit. /ˈbɪədləs/, U.S. /ˈbɪrdləs/ Forms: see beard n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beard n., -less suffix. Etymology: < beard n. + -less suffix. 1. Of a person: having no beard; (in extended use) youthful, immature.In quot. OE translating classical Latin ephēbus ephebe n., probably here interpreted as showing use as adjective. In quot. a1200 translating classical Latin impūbēs below the age of puberty. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [adjective] beardlessOE unhaireda1616 hobbledehoyish1812 young-mannish1846 ephebic1865 the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > having no > because of youth beardlessOE unbearded1560 OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 368 Ut effebo [hyrcitallo] : s. cum, swaswa beardleas, sine barba [OE Corpus Cambr. 326 swa beardleasum]. a1200 Glosses to Ælfric's Gram. & Gloss. (Faust. A.x) (2003) 300 Inpubis, berdles. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 349 Þere come fiftene ȝong berdles men i-cloþed as wommen. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. viii. sig. a.vi They had no ioye to receyue no yeftes of a berdles boye that was come of lowe blood. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 69 Shall a beardlesse boy, A cockred-silken wanton braue our fields? View more context for this quotation 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa (1638) 112 Rash, and beardlesse Counsell. 1712 Spectator No. 527. ⁋2 A beardless stripling. 1825 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 72 Is beardless youth to show no respect for the decisions of mature age? 1924 Times 21 Mar. 13/6 A beardless and withered eunuch, who could scarcely bear to be looked at, he was, nevertheless, a man of energy and ability. 2009 ‘The Beards’ No Beard, no Good (transcribed from song) in Beards, Beards, Beards There's a beardless man in the flat next door. I've never spoken to him before and I never will until he grows a beard. 2. Botany. Of a (variety of) plant or a part of a plant: that lacks a beard (beard n. 4a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > not having hair dodc1449 unbearded1688 beardless1760 mutic1777 awnless1787 downless1796 bald1804 unawned1821 fringeless1837 muticous1847 muticate1913 1760 J. Hill Flora Britannica (new ed.) 42 Its Tufts large and brown, composed of fine forked or gaping beardless Glumes. 1836 Agriculturist's Man. (P. Lawson & Son) i. 14 (heading) Red Beardless Wheats, varieties of T. sativum, which are..not included by botanists under the specific name of T. æstivum or Spring Wheat, from their having almost no awns. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 97 Milk-vetch... Style filiform, beardless, stigma terminal. 1921 Condor 23 87 About one-half of the area was an open field planted in potatoes and beardless barley. 1994 London (Ont.) Free Press 23 July (Regional ed.) j5/1 Plant bearded irises in August and beardless in late September. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OE
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