begoateed

See also: be-goateed

English

Alternative forms

• be-goateed

Etymology

From be- +‎ goatee +‎ -ed.

Adjective

begoateed (not comparable)

1. Synonym of goateed
   • 1932, Maurice Dumesnil, An Amazing Journey: Isadora Duncan in South America, Ives Washburn, Inc., page 137:

     It is a graceful sight to watch, after the begoateed, behelmeted hero has walked out, followed by the chorus of warriors who shout “Revenge! Revenge!” without knowing what it’s all about, and for the modest compensation of a few pesos.

   • 1947 November 28, Tere Pascone, “Connecticut Symphony Concert Features Mendelssohn Tribute”, in The Bridgeport Telegram, volume LVI, number 279, Bridgeport, Conn., section “Given Warm Reception”, page fourteen, column 8:

     As in past performances given by him [Mitch Miller] in the Klein, the long-haired, bemustached and begoateed gentleman of 35, was enthusiastically applauded and was called back four times to acknowledge warm reception.

   • 2009 May 21, Christina Patterson, “If you’re reading it, you should be paying for it”, in The Independent, number 7,052, London, page 33, column 1:

     “We are all media now,” beamed Robert Phillips, CEO of Edelman, in whose swanky offices we were sitting, and whose posh canapés we had just bolted down. Indeed we are. Every half-wit in their bedroom. Every begoateed young wannabe gunslinger blogging away in Starbucks. Every nutter vomiting out vitriol, every parasite cutting and pasting and posting, every website “aggregating” the content paid for by someone else.