mystax
- noun
- Archaic
:
bigote
- He took great pride in grooming his impressive mystax every morning.
Examples
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Writers of the 19th century sometimes described a character's mystax to show his age or status.
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The old painting featured a man with a prominent mystax.
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In the old photograph, the gentleman's mystax was styled in a dramatic curl.
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He groomed his mystax carefully every morning.
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In the old photograph, the gentleman's mystax was styled in a dramatic curl.
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Writers of the 19th century sometimes described a character's mystax to show his age or status.
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He took great pride in grooming his impressive mystax every morning.
Synonyms
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1.3
Hair that grows above the upper lip and is often kept trimmed
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Hair on the upper lip that men usually grow
A short line of hair above the upper lip
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Etymology
Mystax is an old Greek word for 'mustache' or 'upper lip', and it gave us the English word mustache. So when older writers talk about a man's mystax, they simply mean the hair growing on his upper lip.