Dictionary

mustachio en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A mustache, especially a large or lush one.
   • Dompierre twirled his mustachios in relieved approval. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

mustachio en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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, →ISBN:
   • We 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:
   • 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 118:

Forms

Deriveds

moustachioed · moustachio'd · mustachioed