Misopogon
//ˌmɪsəˈpəʊɡɒn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person with hate or contempt for beards. rare
"Some of the misopogons are quite consistent in this, and object to beards altogether on the grounds of their being unclean, ungentlemanly, un-English."
- 2 A person with hate or contempt for beards.; The contempt of philosophers and associated paraphernalia (wisdom, the philosopher's beard, etc.) broadly, figuratively, literary, rare
Example
More examples"Some of the misopogons are quite consistent in this, and object to beards altogether on the grounds of their being unclean, ungentlemanly, un-English."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισοπώγων (misopṓgōn, “somebody who hates beards”), which is incidentally the title of a book by Emperor Julian, from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).
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