Search

having no beard or one shaved close to the skin.
(of a male) very young or immature.
contemporary examples

years later, a 1982 los angeles times article was published under the headline, “beardless wonders of film making.”
super 8: abrams, spielberg’s homage to their hollywood beginnings marlow stern june 9, 2011

historical examples

who would have thought to see such mighty wisdom, yea, in a beardless youth?
shorter bible plays rita benton

yet even this “beardless” parliament had shown a strong conservatism.
history of the english people john richard green

he was a small and beardless young man—a splendid soldier—in fact almost an ideal american, of his age.
complete prose works walt whitman

but i see: it is all through the words of this beardless boy.
the black tor george manville fenn

the beardless boy and the mature man​—​the humble and the430 distinguished, you have had them.
life of abraham lincoln frank crosby

both have long hair, but are beardless; and wear the shenti for their sole garment.
history of phoenicia george rawlinson

the schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road.
thirty years’ view (vol. ii of 2) thomas hart benton

i knew him when he was a boy—a beardless boy, as you may say.
a little union scout joel chandler harris

this last sentiment impressed these beardless youths as a clincher, and there was a pause.
potts’s painless cure edward bellamy

adjective
without a beard
too young to grow a beard; immature
adj.

early 14c., from beard (n.) + -less.