moustachu

French

Etymology

From moustache +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus.ta.ʃy/

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Adjective

moustachu (feminine moustachue, masculine plural moustachus, feminine plural moustachues)

1. moustachioed
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 4, in Les Misérables, Tome IV : L’idylle rue Plumet et l’épopée rue Saint-Denis, book 12:

     [T]rois insurgés les assistaient, trois gaillards chevelus, barbus et moustachus.

     [T]hree insurgents were assisting them, three bushy-haired, jolly blades with beards and moustaches.

Further reading

• “moustachu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.