different between youthful vs beardless

English

Etymology

From youth +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju??f?l/
• Hyphenation: youth?ful

Adjective

youthful (comparative more youthful, superlative most youthful)

1. Young or seeming young.

   Synonyms: lively, sprightly, spry, young; see also Thesaurus:young, Thesaurus:active
2. Characteristic of young people.

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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)

1. Lacking a beard.
2. (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?

3. Destitute of an awn.

   beardless wheat

4. (ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

Derived terms

• beardlessness

Related terms

• beard
• bearded
• beardedness
• debeard

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Anagrams

• breadless, dressable