mustache
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tæʃ, məˈstæʃ noun
1.
the hair growing on the upper lip
2.
such hair on men, allowed to grow without shaving, and often trimmed in any of various shapes.
3.
hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal.
4.
a stripe of color, or elongated feathers, suggestive of a mustache on the side of the head of a bird.
5.
something resembling a mustache, as food or drink adhering to the upper lip: a mustache of milk.
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moustache or mustache (məˈstɑːʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip, and sometimes down the sides of the mouth |
| 2. | a similar growth of hair or bristles (in animals) or feathers (in birds) |
| 3. | a mark like a moustache |
| [C16: via French from Italian mostaccio, ultimately from Doric Greek mustax upper lip] | |
| mustache or mustache | |
| —n | |
| [C16: via French from Italian mostaccio, ultimately from Doric Greek mustax upper lip] | |
| mous'tached or mustache | |
| —adj | |
| mus'tached or mustache | |
| —adj | |
| mustache (məˈstɑːʃ) | |
| —n | |
| the US spelling of moustache | |
| mus'tached | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
mustache
1580s, from Fr. moustache, from It. mostaccio, from Medieval Gk. moustakion, dim. of Doric mystax (gen. mystakos) "upper lip, mustache," related to mastax "jaws, mouth," lit. "that with which one chews," from PIE base *mnto- "mouth" (see mouth). Borrowed earlier (1550s) as
mostacchi, from the It. word or its Sp. derivative mostacho. The plural form of this, mustachios, lingers in English. Dutch slang has a useful noun, de befborstel, to refer to the mustache specifically as a tool for stimulating the clitoris; probably from beffen "to stimulate the clitoris with the tongue."
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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mustache
hair grown on the upper lip by men. The wearing of mustaches, like beards, has been since antiquity a reflection of such factors as climate (local or temporal), custom, religious belief, and personal taste. It was usual in the past to make no distinction between a mustache and other facial hair such as a beard or whiskers, as these were usually worn together. As early as 2650 BC, however, Egyptian artifacts show a pencil-line mustache with no beard
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Example sentences
From his portrait, he had a high forehead and a curiously dashing little mustache.
The missing insets for the mustache, eyes, and eyebrows were probably made of precious metals such as gold or silver.
Foote had long strawberry-blond hair, which he combed straight back, and a bushy blond mustache.
Brash and blunt with a cleft chin and a bushy mustache, he projects a gruff, old-fashioned avuncularity.
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