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Moustache
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Mustachio, the hair worn unshaven on the upper lip (see Beard). The spelling "moustache," now the most common in English usage, is the French form of Ital. mustachio, an adaptation of a Doric dialectical ,uvvra, upper lip, also hair on the lip; this is generally taken to be a variant of ,haraE, jaws, mouth, connected with µavaaOac, to chew; cf. "mastic," chewing-gum, and "masticate," to chew.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Moustache'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/moustache.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Moustache'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/moustache.html. 1910.
