mustachio

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mustachio

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

noun mustachios · moustachio

  1. A mustache, especially a large or lush one. Dompierre twirled his mustachios in relieved approval.

verb mustachios · mustachioing · mustachioed · moustachio

  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.

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"mustachio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mustachio. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mustachio. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mustachio

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"mustachio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mustachio.

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@misc{mustachio_2026,
  title = {mustachio},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mustachio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}