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Mustachio

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mustache, especially a large or lush one.
  2. 2
    a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To adorn with a mustachio, or something that resembles a mustachio.

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Italian dialectal mustaccio (from Neapolitan) or mustacchio, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from the Italian dialectal mustaccio (from Neapolitan) or mustacchio, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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