Pogonotrophy"Cultivation of the beard; beard-growing," and, even more appropriately, the ancient Greek have it as "nourishment." Growing a beard can nourish a lot in a person: their soul, their esteem, their memory. Yes, the beard is a manifestation of many symbols and sometimes an amalgamation of all of them at once. Food for the face. My friend Adam just plowed the fields of his cheeks recently and I imagine that he found this word in the basin of his sink, under the dense pile of his atrophied whiskers. His pogonotomy has left him with a fresh and youthful face and a nice new-old word, and I thank him for turning it up. Thank you!
