Meanings
- rareuncountableThe study of beards.
The path to modern pogonology was not always straight or even. The dead ends and detours were many.
2011, Upton Uxbridge Underwood, “Pioneers of Pogonology”, in Poets Ranked by Beard Weight, page 942 more examples
Throughout the history of pogonology the owners of beards have made them the subject of much loving care.
1955, The Saturday Book, volume 15, page 53I would find it interesting to trace the whole question of facial hair back to antiquity, exploring developments in pogonology (to be technical again), quoting from the ancients, but you can have too much of a good thing.
1996, Ivan Vladislavić, Propaganda by Monuments & Other Stories, page 70
Origin
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