mustachio

English

Alternative forms

• moustachio

Etymology

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

Noun

mustachio (plural mustachios)

1. A mustache, especially a large or lush one.

Verb

mustachio (third-person singular simple present mustachios, present participle mustachioing, simple past and past participle mustachioed)

1. To adorn with a mustachio, or something that resembles a mustachio.
   • 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 118:

     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.

   • 2009, Anthony Capella, The Various Flavours Of Coffee, →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.

   • 2013, Kim Hunter, Scabbard's Song: The Red Pavilions, →ISBN:

     The face of the sky was mustachioed by a long, thin cloud which drooped at the ends.

Derived terms

• mustachioed / moustachioed / moustachio'd