mustachio

American  

[muh-stah-shoh, -shee-oh, -stash-oh, -stash-ee-oh] / məˈstɑ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ, -ˈstæʃ oʊ, -ˈstæʃ iˌoʊ /

noun

plural

mustachios

1. a mustache.

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mustachio British  

/ məˈstɑːʃɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. humorous (often plural when considered as two halves) a moustache, esp when bushy or elaborately shaped

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Other Word Forms

• mustachioed adjective

Etymology

Origin of mustachio

1545–55; < Spanish mostacho and its source, Italian mostaccio, variant of mostacchio < Medieval Greek moustáki, Doric Greek mýstax, stem mystak- upper lip, mustache

Example Sentences

In case anybody cares, yes, Draco Malfoy is still a cardboard villain who talks as if he's twiddling his mustachio.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now obviously it is here to stay, as distinguishing, if not quite so obtrusive, as the cavalry mustachio of Russia's Marshal Budenny.

From Time Magazine Archive

The villain is the ringmaster and has a mustachio.

From Time Magazine Archive

The stiffness of his large burly body, of his voice, of his Risorgimento mustachio, reaffirmed that touch of the military that had been so evident in his written summons.

From Time Magazine Archive

With them was the master himself, Merchant Captain Byan Votyris, a diminutive Norvoshi with skin like old leather and a bristling blue mustachio that swept up to his ears.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin