unbeard

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ beard. Compare Middle English unberdyng, unberdynge (beardlessness).

Verb[edit]

unbeard (third-person singular simple present unbeards, present participle unbearding, simple past and past participle unbearded)

  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To remove one's beard; remove the beard of.
    • 2013, Tova Rosen, Unveiling Eve: Reading Gender in Medieval Hebrew Literature:
      He is calmed down only when the bearer of the beard “unbeards,” and acknowledges himself as Asher's old pal: []