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mustachion. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Spanish mostazo; Italian mostaccio. Etymology: Partly < Spanish mostazo (1570), mostacho (1591–2; 1596 in plural as mostachos ; the more usual word in this sense in Spanish is bigote bigote n.), and partly < its etymon Italian mostaccio face, (now regional) moustache (14th cent.; compare Italian mustacchio moustache (16th cent.: see note below)) < post-classical Latin mustacium moustache (8th cent. in plural form mustacia in Épinal Gloss.), probably < Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον moustache (earliest attested in Meletius the Monk, perhaps 9th cent.) < μούστακ- , μούσταξ , variant of ancient Greek or Hellenistic Greek μυστακ- , μύσταξ (also βύσταξ ) moustache (see below) + -ιον , diminutive suffix. Compare Catalan mostatxo (1695). Compare moustache n.Ancient Greek or Hellenistic Greek μυστακ- , μύσταξ may derive < the base seen in Hellenistic Greek μύλλον lip, with an ending modelled on μάσταξ (feminine) mouth, jaws. All the cognates in the languages of Western Europe seem to be derived < Italian mostaccio or variants (although in Italian itself this word has now been superseded by mustacchio , a later borrowing of the medieval Greek reflex of Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον ), whereas the Eastern European cognates, Bulgarian mustak , mustaci , and Albanian mustak , mustaqe , seem to be derived from modern Greek μουστάκι . The etymology of Romanian mustaţă is disputed. In quot. 1551 at sense 1aα. (with singular sense) after Italian (plural) mostacci (plural). In form mostachium (see quot. 1598 at sense 1bα. ) after classical Latin -ium (see -y suffix4). The β. forms apparently result from various misapprehensions of the word's form; some may result from folk-etymological association with Spanish muchacho boy. The word has long been restricted chiefly to use in the plural (compare moustache n. 1b); N.E.D. (1908) states that ‘the plural mustachios has considerable currency, sometimes occurring in books that have moustache in the singular’. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mustɑ·ʃo, mɒ̆s-) /mʊˈstɑːʃəʊ/ /məˈstɑːʃəʊ/; compare discussion s.v. moustache n. Now chiefly archaic and humorous. 1. the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache α. 1551 W. Thomas tr. G. Barbaro (1873) 35 They suffer their mostacchi to growe a quarter of a yarde longer than their beardes. [margin] Mostacchi is the berde of the vpper lyppe. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. i. 99 It will please his Grace..sometime to..dallie with my excrement, with my mustachie . View more context for this quotation 1598 J. Florio Mostazzo, a face, a snout, a mostacho. 1603 T. Dekker sig. B2 The Souldier..had brisseld vp the quills of his stiffe Porcupine mustachio. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes ii. x. 63 Her beautie..was infinitely increased by a Moale she had vpon her lippe, like a Mostacho, with seuen or eight red haires like threeds of gold, and aboue a handfull long. 1621 J. Taylor C 8 Some their mustatioes of such length doe keepe, That very well they may a maunger sweepe. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada v. 110 They [sc. the covenanters] began to cut their beards, leaving onely great mustachios, turned up like Turks. 1712 E. Budgell No. 331. ¶11 A distinct Treatise, which I keep by me in Manuscript, upon the Mustachoe. 1720 D. Defoe 89 They saw..Men with Beards, that is to say, Mustachoes. 1728 J. Morgan I. iv. 271 Twirling his starched Mustachio. 1796 J. Morse (new ed.) II. 392 The court of Madrid has of late been at great pains to clear their upper lip of mustachoes. 1811 Duke of Wellington (1837) VII. 319 Almost all the artillerymen wore mustachios, which I think is contrary to your orders. 1852 H. W. Longfellow v As he twirled his gray mustachio. 1993 A. Horne (BNC) 203 Their young faces.., alert and clean-shaven in sharp contrast to..the fierce, straggly mustachios of their officers. the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache > one side of α. 1579 G. Harvey (1884) 61 The clippings of your thris-honorable mustachyoes. 1592 J. Lyly iii. ii Wil you haue..your mustachoes sharp? 1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo i. 30 Those long haires..vpon the vpper lip, the mostachiums. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac III. 108 The Cavalier..consists wholly of a Pickedevant, and two Mustachoes. 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas (1708) 88 He was a little severe upon his Guides, for disordering his Mustachoes. 1719 D. Defoe 177 Of these Muschatoes or Whiskers, I will not say they were long enough to hang my Hat upon them; but [etc.]. 1787 Nov. 952/1 The face [on a coin] is without a beard, but hath mustacios on the upper lip. 1827 M. M. Sherwood V. xxiii. 97 A pair of large mustachoes. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ iv. 42 The man wore a huge beard and mustachios. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ i. 15 The squire..was marked out as the villain by his moustachios. 1992 Nov. 69/1 The tenore robusto is a splendid fellow with a swelling thorax, bristling mustachios, [etc.]. the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache a1593 C. Marlowe (1633) iv. H j A fellow Met me with a muschatoes like a Rauens wing. 1612 N. Field v. i Abra... And a huge Mustachios? Neu. A verie Turkes. the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache > on a woman 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes (1652) i. iii. vi. 39 b Torralua the Sheepheardesse..was a round wench,..and drew somewhat neere to a man, for shee had Mochachoes. 1622 tr. J. de Luna 30 Foure of them..came and tooke me vp, and..put me on a Beard, not forgetting the great Mustachios, and a Perewig made of Mosse, that made me shew like a wild man in a Garden. 1716 J. Addison No. 7. ⁋2 They..clapt him on a huge pair of Mustachoes to frighten his people with. 1902 J. C. Snaith xvii Attaching..a pair of moustachios to his upper lip. 1983 R. Narayan 92 They had given him a moustachio, which curved up to his ears. the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > awn or bristly growth the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > hair round mouth the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous parts of > whiskers 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. iii. 101 Heere for our food, Milions of flow'rie graines, With long Mustachoes waue vpon the Plaines. 1634 ii. sig. Cv My Barbour..poak'd out Me Tuskes more stiffe than are a Cats muschatoes. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio 219 An ambitious fire-flye..fals down, and cingeth his braving mouchate's for his labour. 1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix in (1656) 214 Have you made sport with the mustacho's of it in the figure of a mouse? 1665 R. Hooke 157 The Mustacheos of a Cat. 1693 T. P. Blount 9 The Civet-Cat..hath..Mustachios like a Cat. 1790 J. Bruce V. 138 He [sc. the Fennec] had strong thick mustachoes. 1835 A. Smith 23 June (1940) III. 81 The Picus with red mustachoes had in its stomach ants, etc. Compounds C1. 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xiv. 119 Said the moustachio-twiddler. C2. the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace sig. Bij Fashions, in nottynge of the heare,..and mustacho beardes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1551 |
