adjective
mustachioed
muh-STASH-ee-ohd/məˈstæʃiəʊd/
Having noticeable hair above the upper lip.
The mustachioed woman has conspicuous natural hair above her upper lip.
Etymology
Greek moustakion was a diminutive of a word meaning both “upper lip” and “mustache.” With -ed, the adjective describes someone as bearing that distinctive growth of hair.
In context
when I think of my mustachioed friends I think the same thing they were not defined by their mustaches but by the personalities behind them
More examples
- A mustachioed actor plays the detective in the new comedy.
- She recognizes her mustachioed grandfather in the old photograph.
- The sketch shows a mustachioed man in a tall hat.
Forms
mustachioed
mustache noun — Hair growing above the upper lip.
Similar words
- mustached
- A more neutral term, without suggesting a particularly noticeable mustache.