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

Others are joining Democrats asking for the impeachment of big mustachio, even before he starts his new assignment!.

From New York Times

His trident beard was purple, his flamboyant mustachios gold, his long curls equal parts of both.

From Literature

I found it hard not to stare at the enormous mustachios that sprouted under their noses, especially when the men combed and waxed them, and twirled the ends.

From Literature

The khal's mouth twisted in a frown beneath the droop of his long mustachio.

From Literature

The marks of his age were visible, too, in his beard and mustachios, which had once been of the deepest black, but were now thickly grizzled with grey.

From Project Gutenberg