beardlessnessn.
/ˈbɪədləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈbɪrdləsnəs/ The condition of being beardless; the absence of a beard.
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beardlessness1789
1789 Ludwig's Teutschenglisches Lexikon (ed. 4) 574/2 Unbartigkeit, Beardlessness.
1861 G. Moore Lost Tribes 137 Baldness and beardlessness were signs of mourning among the Hebrews.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 55 The beardlessness of the ordinary Japanese.
1908 Daily Chron. 25 Aug. 4/6 The fashion of beardlessness is now also finding a steady increase of favour among the American rank and file.
2002 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 15/4 The historical explanation for beardlessness in the higher clergy is that until the mid 19th-century bishops wore wigs, and beards don't go with wigs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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