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moustache

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"Upper-lip hair"

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9 lettersPronunciation /məˈstɑːʃ/Part of speech nounSorted acehmostuStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip

Word origin

Used in English since the 16th century. From Middle French moustache from Italian mostaccio, from Early Medieval Latin mustācium, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “upper lip”), of unknown origin (probably a Pre-Greek substrate). Replaced native English kemp (“moustache”), from Old English cenep.

Used in a sentence

  • A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.
  • A hint of the truth broke on him after Sedan, when he saw the dyed moustaches of Napoleon going grey; another when he entered Paris, and saw the smashed windows of the Tuileries.
  • Ivan, the confidential man with the scar and the moustaches, came out of the house like a cannon ball, and came racing across the lawn to Valentin like a dog to his master.

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