Definition of "barbigerous" in Englisch

adjective

1. (rare, humorous) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.

   • 1810, James Kennedy, Glenochel, Glasgow: R. Chapman, Volume 2, p. 118, Profoundly thoughtful looks the sage, / Barbigerous, and priestly mien’d;
   • 1972, Saul K. Padover, Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography, New York: McGraw-Hill, Chapter 20, p. 348, the author magnificently barbigerous and the publisher elegantly bearded but bald