different between beardless vs awnless
beardless
English
Etymology
From Middle English b?rdl?s, from Old English beardl?as (“beardless”), from Proto-Germanic *bardalausaz (“beardless”), equivalent to beard +? -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisian burdleas (“beardless”), Dutch baardeloos (“beardless”), German Low German baartlos (“beardless”), German bartlos (“beardless”).
Adjective
beardless (comparative more beardless, superlative most beardless)
- Lacking a beard.
- (by extension, of a male) Not having reached puberty or manhood; youthful.
- 1596 Shakespeare, King John, Act 4, Scene 1
- shall a beardless boy,
- Cocker'd silken wanton, brave our fields,
- And flesh his spirit in a warlike soil,
- Mocking the air with colours idly spread,
- And find no check?
- 1596 Shakespeare, King John, Act 4, Scene 1
- Destitute of an awn.
- beardless wheat
- (ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).
Derived terms
- beardlessness
Related terms
- beard
- bearded
- beardedness
- debeard
Translations
Anagrams
- breadless, dressable
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awnless
English
Etymology
awn +? -less
Adjective
awnless (comparative more awnless, superlative most awnless)
- Without awns or beard.
Synonyms
- beardless
References
- awnless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “awnless”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.
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