whitebeardn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtbɪəd/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌbɪ(ə)rd/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and beard n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., beard n.

Etymology: < white adj. + beard n. In sense 2 probably after scientific Latin Leucopogon, genus name ( R. Brown Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810) 541).Apparently attested earlier as a surname; compare e.g. William Witberd (1221), Philippus Wytberd (1224). With the use in quot. 1999 at sense 1 compare aksakal n.

1. A man with a white beard; (hence) an elderly or old man.In quot. 1450 as an epithet of God, probably in allusion to the common depiction of him as an elderly man.

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

greybeard1207

whitebeard1450

redbeard1607

whey-beard1614

longbeard1665

1450 J. Fastolf in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 86 They shall be quyt by Blacberd or Whyteberd, that is to sey by God or the Devyll.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 108 White beards haue armd their thin and haireles scalpes Against thy maiesty.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 91 So many white beardes, which yet to this day serue their soueraigne Lord.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. xi. 334 ‘If she were worth twenty crowns,’..said the old whitebeard.

1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin iii. 48 A whitebeard stood hushed on the pathway, the flesh of his face as dried grass.

1912 R. R. Benn Ping-Kua iii. 20 That aged white beard was very much pleased with you.

1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) iv. 171 Did I perhaps know the foreign men who had tried..to climb the great mountain Mīr Samir? asked the whitebeard who ran the place.

2. Chiefly Australian. Any of the shrubby plants constituting the Australasian genus Leucopogon (family Epacridaceae), typically having white or pinkish flowers with spreading lobes covered in hairs. Now rare.Plants of this genus are now often called beard heath.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian

banksia1787

waratah1793

honeysuckle1803

pinkwood1824

honeysuckle tree1825

rose1825

blue bush1828

dogwood1828

parrotbill1829

tulip-tree1830

whitebeard1832

swamp-oak1833

bauera1835

mungitec1837

bottlebrush1839

clianthus1841

glory-pea1848

boronia1852

koromiko1855

pituri1861

Sturt's pea1865

scrub vine1866

pea-bush1867

cotton-bush1876

Australian honeysuckle1881

peach myrtle1882

saloop bush1884

naupaka1888

dog rose1896

native tulip1898

snow bush1909

wedding-bush1923

Hebe1961

mountain pepper1965

1832 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18 No. 1560 (heading) Small-flowered Whitebeard.

1864 Monthly Notices Papers & Proc. Royal Soc. Tasmania Oct. 97 Heathy Whitebeard (Leucopogon ericoides, Br.). A small plant, with leaves about half an inch long.

1909 A. E. Mack Bush Cal. 4 A breath of nutty fragrance told of the presence of the little whitebeard.

1932 Brisbane Courier 3 Sept. 20/6 The whitebeard, a very typical Australian heath plant, is found in all the States of the commonwealth.

1967 A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants iii. 282 Leucopogon. White Beard... This genus extends beyond Australia, with perhaps 140 endemic species represented.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitebeard
释义	whitebeardn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtbɪəd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌbɪ(ə)rd/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and beard n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., beard n. Etymology: < white adj. + beard n. In sense 2 probably after scientific Latin Leucopogon, genus name ( R. Brown Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810) 541).Apparently attested earlier as a surname; compare e.g. William Witberd (1221), Philippus Wytberd (1224). With the use in quot. 1999 at sense 1 compare aksakal n. 1. A man with a white beard; (hence) an elderly or old man.In quot. 1450 as an epithet of God, probably in allusion to the common depiction of him as an elderly man. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > beard > types of > person having greybeard1207 whitebeard1450 redbeard1607 whey-beard1614 longbeard1665 1450 J. Fastolf in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 86 They shall be quyt by Blacberd or Whyteberd, that is to sey by God or the Devyll. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 108 White beards haue armd their thin and haireles scalpes Against thy maiesty. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 91 So many white beardes, which yet to this day serue their soueraigne Lord. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. xi. 334 ‘If she were worth twenty crowns,’..said the old whitebeard. 1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin iii. 48 A whitebeard stood hushed on the pathway, the flesh of his face as dried grass. 1912 R. R. Benn Ping-Kua iii. 20 That aged white beard was very much pleased with you. 1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) iv. 171 Did I perhaps know the foreign men who had tried..to climb the great mountain Mīr Samir? asked the whitebeard who ran the place. 2. Chiefly Australian. Any of the shrubby plants constituting the Australasian genus Leucopogon (family Epacridaceae), typically having white or pinkish flowers with spreading lobes covered in hairs. Now rare.Plants of this genus are now often called beard heath. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian banksia1787 waratah1793 honeysuckle1803 pinkwood1824 honeysuckle tree1825 rose1825 blue bush1828 dogwood1828 parrotbill1829 tulip-tree1830 whitebeard1832 swamp-oak1833 bauera1835 mungitec1837 bottlebrush1839 clianthus1841 glory-pea1848 boronia1852 koromiko1855 pituri1861 Sturt's pea1865 scrub vine1866 pea-bush1867 cotton-bush1876 Australian honeysuckle1881 peach myrtle1882 saloop bush1884 naupaka1888 dog rose1896 native tulip1898 snow bush1909 wedding-bush1923 Hebe1961 mountain pepper1965 1832 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18 No. 1560 (heading) Small-flowered Whitebeard. 1864 Monthly Notices Papers & Proc. Royal Soc. Tasmania Oct. 97 Heathy Whitebeard (Leucopogon ericoides, Br.). A small plant, with leaves about half an inch long. 1909 A. E. Mack Bush Cal. 4 A breath of nutty fragrance told of the presence of the little whitebeard. 1932 Brisbane Courier 3 Sept. 20/6 The whitebeard, a very typical Australian heath plant, is found in all the States of the commonwealth. 1967 A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants iii. 282 Leucopogon. White Beard... This genus extends beyond Australia, with perhaps 140 endemic species represented. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1450
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