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bemoustached en · ADJ

Etymology

From be- + moustache + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Synonym of moustached.
   • On entering a modern drug store you walk boldly up to the bemoustached and bejewelled clerk, and, if you know your business, and it is a temperaance^([sic]) town, you wink at the fellow and say something about malaria. 1882 November 4, E. S. Baldwin, quotee, “Miscellanous^([sic]) Matters”, in R[ockwell] J. Flint, E[dwin] H. Weber, editors, The Dunn County News, volume XXIII, number 32, Menomonie, Wis., page [7], column 2:
   • Van Santen is a bemoustached, and, at times, self-effacing candidate, who articulates forceful positions, and then smiles as if amazed that he could say such a thing. 1972 October 30, “Four new members a certainty for city council”, in Capital Journal, number 259, Salem, Ore., section 2, ward 6 (R. T. Van Santen: Complaints enough, he says), page 18:
   • What would my life become if I stopped right now, in mid-shave, and walked off into the world bemoustached? 2009 January 19, Jonathan Goldstein, “Can no moustache make the man?”, in National Post, volume 11, number 69, Toronto, Ont., page AL1, column 4:

Forms

Synonyms

moustached