barbate

/'bɑ:beit/

Thân thiện

A man with a barbate face smiles warmly.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having hair on the cheeks and chin: Describes a person or, in a biological context, an organism that possesses a beard or beard-like growth.

Usage

• The word "barbate" is a formal, technical, or scientific term. It is rarely used in everyday conversation. It is most commonly found in biological descriptions (e.g., of plants or animals) or in very formal literary contexts to describe a person's bearded face.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The old portrait showed a stern, barbate patriarch. (The old portrait showed a stern, bearded patriarch.)
  • This species of fish is distinguished by its barbate lower jaw. (This species of fish is distinguished by its bearded lower jaw.)

Advanced Usage

• Botanical/Zoological Context: Used to describe plants or animals with hair-like or bristle-like appendages.
  • The barbate sepals of the flower provide protection. (The bearded sepals of the flower provide protection.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bearded (adj): The common, everyday synonym for having a beard.
• Barbigerous (adj): A rare, synonymous term meaning "bearded."
• Barb (n): A sharp projection or point; also a breed of pigeon. This is a different word but shares the Latin root (beard).

Synonyms

• Bearded
• Whiskered
• Hirsute (more generally hairy)

Antonyms

• Beardless
• Clean-shaven
• Glabrous (smooth, without hair)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having hair on the cheeks and chin

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bearded
• bewhiskered
• whiskered
• whiskery