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English
Etymology
From beard + -ish.
Adjective
beardish (comparative more beardish, superlative most beardish)
- Characteristic of a beard; somewhat like a beard.
1995, N. M. Rāshid, Poems of N.M. Rashed: A Poet of the Third World - Page 139:[...] I was saying: "When in the city the cats recount Their innocent tales of mating, Why should the jungle elephants [Entangled in the beardish fibres Of sacred trees] spit out The rich verses night and day To frighten their sinful innocent hearts?
2014, David Foster Wallace, The David Foster Wallace Reader:"Sure you know Doug, Doug's a kick-ass guy," the aforementioned Biff is heard from, short and broad with watery denim eyes dull and beady with party, and a little blond beardish thing sprouting from his chin, making it look a little like an armpit, Lenore.