Meanings
plural mustachios · alternative moustachio
- A mustache, especially a large or lush one.
Dompierre twirled his mustachios in relieved approval.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
present singular third person mustachios · participle present mustachioing · participle past mustachioed · past mustachioed · alternative moustachio
- To adorn with a mustachio, or something that resembles a mustachio.
The face of the sky was mustachioed by a long, thin cloud which drooped at the ends.
2013, Kim Hunter, Scabbard's Song: The Red Pavilions, →ISBN2 more examples
Mayonnaise mustachioed their mouths, melted butter ran down their chins, crab juice ran down their arms and soacked the newspapers Kate had spread on the floor, and the empty shells piled steadily higher in the emptied cooking pot she had placed in the center of the table for just that purpose.
1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 118We kissed beside the river, we kissed behind her sisters' backs, we kissed with the crema of a freshly made coffee still mustachioing our lips.
2009, Anthony Capella, The Various Flavours Of Coffee, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Borrowed from the Italian dialectal mustaccio (from Neapolitan) or mustacchio, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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