Definitions

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  • noun The growing or cultivation of a beard.

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  • noun The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair.

Etymologies

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pogono- +‎ -trophy

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Examples

  • Son has learned the word "pogonotrophy" just to make his teacher earn her pay.

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  • "This is the worst type of exploitation of the hirsute," said Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, president of the Pilose Academy, the Vatican department that helps oversee the Church's position on pogonotrophy.

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  • "This is the worst type of exploitation of the hirsute," said Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, president of the Pilose Academy, the Vatican department that helps oversee the Church's position on pogonotrophy.

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  • "Moving from pogonotrophy to pilgarlics, many politicians perceive that the voters won't go for a bald-headed candidate, according to John T. Capps III of (where else?)

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  • The growing of facial hair.

    August 5, 2008

  • Used in the Times Literary Supplement (in a book review) Note also related word 'pogonotomy': the cutting of a beard or shaving

    April 8, 2009