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goateed

goateed

1 6.6
A person with a small pointed beard on the chin like a goat
  • adjective
  • /ɡoʊˈtiːd/
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  • He sees a man dancing down the aisle, a goateed Black in a Bing Crosby shirt.
  • goateed man
  • goateed guy
  • goateed face

Examples

  • Her handler was the skinny attendant, a bald, goateed man with wire glasses.

  • Bing stared at me for a moment, then glanced at the goateed guy down the street.

  • Archer takes a seat next to a little, goateed man with a French accent.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Mike comes over to this goateed rascal.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Frequently goateed.

    Blog text (17)
  • He's puzzling over the resemblance when a thin, goateed man presents himself.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • For years, you could buy t-shirts on Andrevski Uzviz with the golden arches against a red background and a goateed face in silhouette: McLenin's, the sign says.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Archer takes a seat next to a little, goateed man with a French accent.

Synonyms

bearded
vsgoateed
52 1.0

With hair on the chin and cheeks

is limited to small pointed chin hair rather than wider facial hair
beardy
vsgoateed
1 5.5

Having hair on the lower part of the face or looking like someone with that hair

is specific to small pointed chin hair rather than general facial hair
goaty
vsgoateed
7.2

Having a small pointed beard under the chin

is the same meaning but appears as a different word form

How Bearded

bearded
52 1.0
goateed
1 6.6
stubbled
1 6.0
clean-shaven
12 3.5

Surface Forms

goateed positive

Morphology

goateed = goatee (transparent) = goatee + ed

Formed from the noun 'goatee' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ed', meaning 'having a goatee'; this is a straightforward, productive derivation.

Etymology

Goateed comes from goatee, which comes from goat, and the ending -ed means 'having'. So goateed simply means 'having a small, goat-like beard', the short pointed chin beard that looks like a goat's.