bewhisker

English

Etymology

From be- (“at, on, upon”) +‎ whisker.

Verb

bewhisker (third-person singular simple present bewhiskers, present participle bewhiskering, simple past and past participle bewhiskered)

1. (transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
   • 1937, The Literary Digest, volume 124, page 16:

     Cinema magnates preferred to bewhisker the handsome profile and contort the slender Barrymore frame to suit weird, melodramatic parts then in vogue.

   • 2009, Desmond Morris, Owl, page 102:

     But whenever a Kuna artist shows a face in front view there seems to be an overpowering urge to bewhisker it.

Derived terms

• bewhiskered