Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish, Lotella marginata, of the family Gadidæ, resembling the loach: so named from the barbel under its chin. Also called ling.
  • noun A name of the white-throat, Sylvia cinerea. Macgillivray.
  • noun In Scotland, a name of the loach, Nemachilus barbatulus, a small fresh-water malacopterygian fish, family Cyprinidæ: so called from the six barbules that hang from the mouth. Also spelled beardie.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Bearded.
  • adjective Manly, masculine.
  • noun informal A bearded person or animal:

Etymologies

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beard +‎ -y

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Examples

  • We have a reputation a strange reputation for many of us for being a "beardy" blog that studies what is understood to be a "non-beardy" subject.

    Academic Instincts and Virtual World Studies 2006

  • Copenhagen was more interesting than I expected; it would have been fun to hear more of what some of TN's "beardy" folks are thinking.

    SOP II: IP Panel 2004

  • It's all very well to say that we must ditch the economic model that measures things in growth, but last time a beardy-weirdy type suggested tearing up the global economic system and starting all over again, it didn't turn out terribly well.

    Christina Patterson: What I Learnt from Prince Charles Christina Patterson 2010

  • Hmm. The Mill wonders which way the beardy Yank fiscal homunculi are going to go on this one.

    Football transfer rumours: Glen Johnson to Juventus? Barney Ronay 2010

  • It's all very well to say that we must ditch the economic model that measures things in growth, but last time a beardy-weirdy type suggested tearing up the global economic system and starting all over again, it didn't turn out terribly well.

    Christina Patterson: What I Learnt from Prince Charles Christina Patterson 2010

  • He's everything that Steve and Becky aren't – beardy, weirdy, inappropriate, awkward, unaware, socially inept … though not entirely unlikable; it's just that there are issues.

    TV review: Him & Her 2011

  • Lifted from their debut EP, this minimalistic yet charmingly whimsical slice of lo-fi alt-folk opens with nought but a lone slappy bass riff and jerky surreal prose, before blossoming out into a cacophony of wondrous twangy noises, and ends up sounding like Badly Drawn Boy, Sufjan Stevens and a parliament of owls caught up in a weird feathery, beardy group hug, happily tumbling down an upwards escalator in slow motion.

    This week's new singles 2011

  • If my family or any of the beardy artisans they hung out with had found my diaries, overheard the nightly phone conversations with confidantes, or worse still, mind-read my fantasies – a cartoonish swirl of novice sex scenes, stalking plans and romantic heroine delusions – I have no doubt they would have been shocked out of their idealism.

    Joanna Briscoe: Mr A, my unattainable love god 2011

  • Speccy, greeny, beardy, owly, ginger and the fit one - all the gang are here.

    The great Harry Potter viewing marathon 2011

  • He's a sexy wheeler-dealer trapped in a beardy accountant's body, the poor love.

    TV review: The Apprentice, Home Is Where The Heart Is 2011

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  • spotted as a lizard.  Bearded dragon?

    September 4, 2017