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moustachy

moustachy adjective: having a moustache.

Adjective

moustachy (comparative more moustachy, superlative most moustachy)

  1. Having a moustache.
    • As a class they are suspiciously well dressed, moustachy, coarse featured, fond of gay colored vests, dangling fob chains and big seals.1856 December 20, The Tri-Weekly Commercial, volume XI, number 118 (whole 1363), Wilmington, N.C.
    • I don’t like parsons; especially the country moustachy ones, and their poor dowdy wives, with coats and skirts and then a hardbrimmed hat with a feather on the top.1904, Danby Earl, Through Many Voices, page 72
  2. Involving a moustache.
    • Martin’s kisses were so hurried and moustachy and bristly—you couldn’t feel his lips, even—and unemotional.1923, Thyra Samter Winslow, Picture Frames, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., page 224
    • He gave each of his sisters a fleeting and moustachy kiss, and sat down at the breakfast table.1927, Richmal Crompton, Millicent Dorrington, Bello, published 2017, →ISBN

Examples of moustachy in a sentence

  • IT drew her to him for a second and saluted her with a long-drawn, moustachy kiss.1931, Evelyn Scott, A Calendar of Sin: American Melodramas, volume II, page 307:
  • And he leant forward to give her a moustachy kiss.1983, Richard Masefield, Chalkhill Blue, Pan Books in association with Heinemann, published 1988, →ISBN, page 12:

Synonyms of moustachy

Forms of moustachy

comparativemore moustachy
superlativemost moustachy
alternative formmoustachey
alternative formmustachey
alternative formmustachy

Origin of moustachy

From moustache + -y.

Questions about moustachy

What does moustachy mean?
Moustachy means having a moustache.
How do you use moustachy in a sentence?
IT drew her to him for a second and saluted her with a long-drawn, moustachy kiss.
What part of speech is moustachy?
Moustachy is an adjective.

Words near moustachy in the dictionary

  1. moustachio
  2. moustachio'd
  3. moustachioed
  4. moustachioing
  5. moustachios
  6. moustachy
  7. Moustafa
  8. Moustafas
  9. moustalevria
  10. Mousterian
  11. mousy

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