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Goatee

//ˌɡoʊˈtiː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

    "One person sports a goatee, the hair refusing to grow on the sides of his physiognomy; the chin of another is as smooth as a baby's cheek,—he contents himself with a modest moustache and a faint attempt at an imperial; while a few of the upper classes rejoice in all the varieties."

  2. 2
    a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard wordnet

Etymology

From goat + -ee (diminutive suffix), referring to the tuft of hair on the chin of many domestic goats.

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