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beardless, a.|ˈbɪədlɪs|
[f. beard n. + -less.]
Having no beard; hence fig. youthful, immature.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 789 Bolde burnez wer þay boþe with berdles chynnez. 1480Caxton Trevisa's Descr. Brit. 50 Ther come xv. yong berdles men clothed like wymmen. 1595Shakes. John v. i. 69 Shall a beardlesse boy, A cockred-silken wanton, braue our fields? 1621Quarles Esther (1638) 112 Rash, and beardlesse Counsell. 1712Spect. No. 527 ⁋2 A beardless stripling. 1825Syd. Smith Wks. 1867 II. 72 Is beardless youth to show no respect for the decisions of mature age?
b. Bot. Without beard or awn.
1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. VI. 127 Common Rye-grass, Red Darnel, or Beardless Darnel. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 97 Milk-vetch, style filiform, beardless. |