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The word "moustache" is French, and is derived from the Italian mustaccio (14th century), dialectal mostaccio (16th century), from Medieval Latin mustacchium (eighth century), Medieval Greek μουστάκιον (moustakion), attested in the ninth century, which ultimately originates as a diminutive of Hellenistic Greek μύσταξ (mustax, mustak-), meaning "upper lip" or "facial hair", [3 ...
Since 2012, Royal Mail has supported the Movember campaign and created a special postmark featuring a moustache. [34] In November 2013, the UK National Trust authorised the temporary placement of a huge grass moustache to the Cerne Abbas Giant, the UK's largest chalk hill figure. The moustache added to the 55-metre (180 ft) giant.
Moustache (actor) (1929–1987), French actor and jazz drummer Moustache (dog) (1799–1812), a French poodle said to have participated in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars Princesse Moustache (Princess Natalya Petrovna Galitzine, née Chernysheva or Chernyshyova; 1741–1837), a Russian noble and lady in waiting
A Van Dyke (sometimes spelled Vandyke, [1] or Van Dyck [2]) is a style of facial hair named after the 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The artist's name is today normally spelt as "van Dyck", though there are many variants, but when the term for the beard became popular "Van Dyke" was more common in English.
Facial hair is hair grown on the face, usually on the chin, cheeks, and upper lip region. It is typically a secondary sex characteristic of human males . [ 1 ] Men typically start developing facial hair in the later stages of puberty or adolescence , at around fourteen years of age, and most do not finish developing a full adult beard until ...
A moustache similar to the Pyramid moustache but steeper, thus resembling a trapezoid. [4] Painter's brush An intermediate of chevron moustache and pyramid moustache, its top is round, but the bottom is straight. [4] Pencil moustache: A pencil moustache is a thin line of hair, usually just above the line of the upper lip.
Mo, a moustache [31] Contributed to the portmanteau "Movember". ‡Mong, an insult for someone implying that they are a mongoloid ‡Mozzie, mosquito; Murbah, Murwillumbah [32] [33] Mushie, mushroom; Muso, a musician; Muzzies or muzzos, a term for Muslims, sometimes pejorative.
A handlebar moustache is a moustache with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities. These moustache styles are named for their resemblance to the handlebars of a bicycle . [ 1 ] It is also known as a spaghetti moustache , because of its stereotypical association with Italian men.