bewhiskered
English
Etymology
From be- + whiskered or bewhisker + -ed.[1]
Adjective
bewhiskered (comparative more bewhiskered, superlative most bewhiskered)
- Having whiskers
- 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “On the Trail”, in The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC, part II, page 246:
- […] another was an old, bewhiskered hobo, […]
Synonyms
Translations
having whiskers — see whiskered
See also
References
- ^ “bewhiskered, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.