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MOUSTACHE, or MUSTACHIO

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 944 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOUSTACHE, or MUSTACHIO , the See also:hair worn unshaven on the upper See also:lip (see See also:BEARD). The spelling " moustache," now the most See also:common in See also:English usage, is the See also:French See also:form of Ital. mustachio, an See also:adaptation of a Doric dialectical d o ra , upper lip, also hair on the lip; this is generally taken to be a variant of µSee also:aura , jaws, mouth, connected with µavavBae, to chew; cf. " See also:mastic," chewing-See also:gum, and " masticate," to chew.

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