Mustache Definition

mustazh, məstazh
mustaches
noun
mustaches
The hair that a man has let grow out on his upper lip.
Webster's New World
Hair growing on the upper lip.
At fourteen he's already getting a mustache.
Webster's New World
The hair or bristles growing about the mouth in some animals.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Mustache

Noun

Singular:
mustache
Plural:
mustaches

Origin of Mustache

  • From French moustache, from Italian mostaccio, from Medieval Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mustaks, “upper lip"), from Proto-Indo-European *mendÊ°- (“to chew").

    From Wiktionary

  • French moustache from Italian dialectal mustaccio from Medieval Greek moustakion from Greek mustax mustache, upper lip

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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