beardless

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“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”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === beardless (comparative more beardless, superlative most beardless) Lacking a beard. Synonym: smooth-faced (by extension, of a male) Not having reached puberty or manhood; youthful. Lacking an awn. (ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak). ==== Derived terms ==== beardlessness ==== Related terms ==== beard bearded beardedness debeard unbeard ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === breadless, dressable