单词 | pogoniate |
释义 | pogoniateadj.n. rare (humorous in later use). Bearded, barbate; Ornithology (of a feather) having a vane, vexillate. Also occasionally as n.: a bearded person. Cf. Pogonate adj. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Pogoniate... 1. In zoöl., bearded or barbate.—2. In ornith., webbed, as a feather; having webs or pogonia; vexillate. 1947 E. Davis in Century 1847–1946 255 In an age when the nation was bearded,..Thompson was the Perfect Pogoniate; his beard surpassed all the shrubbery around him. 2005 www.waterlogmagazine.com 16 May (O.E.D. Archive) Izaak [Walton]..was without exception always depicted as having long hair but only one portrait I have seen illustrates him pogoniate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1890 |
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