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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 ...
A moustache that covers the area between the vermilion border and nose, and extends to the edges of upper lips, but no further. [1] Dali moustache Narrow moustache that points upwards. Named after Salvador Dalí. [2] English moustache A wide moustache that gets narrow on the sides, but is mostly straight. [1] Fu Manchu moustache
Duchamp drew the goatee in black ink with a fountain pen, and wrote "Moustache par Picabia / barbiche par Marcel Duchamp / avril 1942". [ 1 ] As was the case with a number of his readymades, Duchamp made multiple versions of L.H.O.O.Q. of differing sizes and in different media throughout his career, one of which, an unmodified black and white ...
In Poland, the moustache became a symbol of nobility and traditionalism. From the 16th to the 20th century it was a symbol of Polish patriotism and sarmatism. Notable bearers at the time were King John III Sobieski in the 17th century, Langiewicz in the 19th century and Piłsudski in the 20th century.
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.
According to a story published in 2014 from Alabama.com, there was an online petition started in 2013 called "Allow Fake Mustaches in Church in Alabama!" Hey, we're just easing you in. Hey, we're ...
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
It is a portmanteau of the Australian-English diminutive word for moustache, "mo", [2] and "November". [3] The Movember Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at Movember.com. [ 4 ] The goal of Movember is to "change the face of men's health."