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mus⋅ta⋅chio

  [muh-stah-shoh, -shee-oh, -stash-oh, -stash-ee-oh]
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–noun, plural -chios.
a mustache.
Origin:
1545–55; < Sp mostacho and its source, It mostaccio, var. of mostacchio < MGk moustáki, Doric Gk mýstax, s. mystak- upper lip, mustache

Related forms:
mus⋅ta⋅chioed, adjective
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mus·ta·chio also mous·ta·chio   (mə-stāsh'ō, -stāsh'ē-ō', -stä'shō, -shē-ō')   
n.   pl. mus·ta·chios also mous·ta·chios
A mustache, especially a luxuriant one.

[Ultimately from Italian dialectal mustaccio, mustache; see mustache.]
mus·ta'chioed (-stāsh'ōd, -stāsh'ē-ōd', -stä'shōd, -shē-ōd') adj.
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