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goatee

goatee

33 3.2
A small pointed beard on the chin
  • noun
  • /ɡoʊˈti/
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  • Some are clean shaven while others have moustaches, goatees, or full on beards.

And then I got the scar under my chin peeking through the goatee.

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Examples

  • Look for the man with the goatee.

  • Only his beard, a wispy goatee, echoed the panache of the suit and hat.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • So because of Richard and and how his goatee is, I take extra time to make sure mine looks even better.

  • And I wish I could grow a full goatee, but I can't.

  • When he speaks, his eyebrows leap and fall to add emphasis, and his white goatee sets.

    Academic text (1997)
  • I'm growing a goatee.

  • A long-haired man with a goatee stood beside him, studying the street below with binoculars.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • His narrow face was partially obscured by a scruffy goatee and a pair of wire-framed glasses.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The man at the coffee shop has a distinctive goatee that makes him easy to recognize.

  • He decided to grow a goatee to change up his appearance.

Synonyms

beard
vsgoatee
283 1.0

Hair that grows on a man's or an animal's chin, cheeks, and jaw

is smaller and limited to the chin, usually pointed in shape
facial hair
vsgoatee
26 1.0

Hair that grows on the face, like a beard or mustache

is a small chin-only pointed style that does not cover cheeks or jaw

How Bearded

beard
283 1.0
goatee
33 3.2
stubble
15 4.2

Surface Forms

goatee singular
goatees plural

Morphology

goatee = goat (transparent) = goat + ee

The word is formed from 'goat' plus the suffix '-ee' to denote a beard resembling that of a goat; learners can readily infer the meaning from the base.

Etymology

The word goatee comes from goat because the small, pointed beard on the chin looks like the hair on a goat's chin. So a goatee means a little beard grown only on the chin.