Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The domain of bears; bears collectively.
- noun Bearish personality or character.
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- noun The
state ,essence , orquality of being abear (the mammal). - noun The state of being a
bear (in homosexual subculture).
Etymologies
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Examples
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People have been kind to _me_, even without understanding me, and pitiful to me, without approving of me: -- nay, have not the very critics tamed their beardom for me, and roared delicately as sucking doves, on behalf of me?
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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Weirdly the other worlds I inhabit – beardom, podcasting etc. seem more tolerant; or happier to think; or maybe they just ignore my rants better, or haven’t gotten bored of me yet, I dunno.
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People have been kind to me, even without understanding me, and pitiful to me, without approving of me: ” nay, have not the very critics tamed their beardom for me, and roared delicately as sucking doves, on behalf of me?
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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