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barbu

/baʁ.by/

adjective/baʁ.by/

bearded (possessing a beard)

“De tout temps, les hommes barbus se sont vu attribuer des vertus diverses comme la sagesse, la virilité ou un statut social élevé.” — Throughout history, bearded men have been associated with various virtues, such as wisdom, virility or high social status.

Antonyms: glabre, imberbe

Related: mousse barbue, œillet barbu, phoque barbu

Inherited from Old French barbu, from Vulgar Latin *barbūtus (“bearded”). By surface analysis, barbe (“beard”) + -u.