mustachio

[ muh-stah-shoh, -shee-oh, -stash-oh, -stash-ee-oh ]

/ məˈstɑ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ, -ˈstæʃ oʊ, -ˈstæʃ iˌoʊ /

noun, plural mus·ta·chios.

a mustache.

Words nearby mustachio

must-have, must-read, must-see, mustache, mustache cup, mustachio, mustachioed, mustafa kemal, mustagh, mustang, mustanger

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

OTHER WORDS FROM mustachio

mus·ta·chioed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for mustachioed

Run breathlessly and pointlessly after his mustachioed shadow?
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As the mustachioed fun of No Shave November sweeps the country, its roots as a charitable effort may be getting lost.
Behind the Movember Movement’s Fight to Keep Charity Tied to Mustache|Kevin Fallon|November 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Yet another revealed the mustachioed show host signing off at the end while taking a puff of his signature cigar, underwater.
The Absurdist Genius of Ernie Kovacs|Andy Battaglia|April 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Their hair was closely cut, and they had the whiskerless cheek, the beardless chin, and the mustachioed lip of the "regulation."
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell

"Towing the King of Spain his plate-fleet behind you," quoth the mustachioed gentleman.
Sir Mortimer|Mary Johnston
He is a mustachioed, dandyish-looking fellow, and stared through his quizzing glass in a style quite amusing.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837|Various
There was a young fellow of about five-and-twenty, mustachioed and smartly dressed, in the coach with me.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay|George Otto Trevelyan
These mustachioed gentry are by no means the rage at present in Olympus.
Ixion In Heaven|Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for mustachioed (1 of 2)

mustachioed

/ (məˈstɑːʃɪˌəʊd) /

adjective

often jocular having a moustache, esp when bushy or elaborately shaped

British Dictionary definitions for mustachioed (2 of 2)

mustachio

/ (məˈstɑːʃɪˌəʊ) /

noun plural -chios

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

Word Origin for mustachio

C16: from Spanish mostacho and Italian mostaccio

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