misopogon
Meanings
Plural: misopogons
Noun
- A person with hate or contempt for beards.
- A person with hate or contempt for beards.
- by extension, contempt of philosophers and associated paraphernalia (wisdom, the philosopher's beard, etc.)
Origin / 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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