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 .
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- adjective
Bearded . - adjective
Manly ,masculine . - noun informal A
bearded person or animal:
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Speccy, greeny, beardy, owly, ginger and the fit one - all the gang are here.
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He's a sexy wheeler-dealer trapped in a beardy accountant's body, the poor love.
alexz commented on the word beardy
spotted as a lizard. Bearded dragon?
September 4, 2017