goat·ee

[goh-tee]
noun
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; goat (from its resemblance to a goat's tufted chin) + -ee, probably as spelling variant of -y2, -ie, though stressed as if formed with -ee

goat·eed, adjective
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goatee (ɡəʊˈtiː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a pointed tuftlike beard on the chin
 
[C19: from goat + -ee (see -y²)]
 
goat'eed
 
adj

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Goatee is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

goatee
1844 (as goaty), from goat (q.v.). So called from its resemblance to a male goat's chin hairs.
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Example sentences
He has been seen with a mustache and thin beard, or a goatee.
His face is splotched, his goatee grizzled, his gray hair wispy and unkempt.
The strands of his feathery goatee threaten to tickle my brow.
The brilliant red goatee that was so prominent and vivid a decade ago is gone.
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