goatee

[ goh-tee ]

/ goʊˈti /

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noun

a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.

Origin of goatee

1835–45, Americanism; goat (from its resemblance to a goat's tufted chin) + -ee, probably as spelling variant of -y², -ie, though stressed as if formed with -ee

OTHER WORDS FROM goatee

goat·eed, adjective

Words nearby goatee

goat cheese, goat god, goat island, goat moth, goat's-rue, goatee, goatfish, goatherd, goatish, goatpox, goatsbeard

Example sentences from the Web for goatee

Todd, who wears a goatee, is also deeply knowledgeable about politics and Washington folkways.

David Gregory: Dead Head Talking? |Lloyd Grove |July 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A thin man with a wisp of a goatee beard, he struggles with a stutter to explain what happened to him that day.

Photographs Expose Russian-Trained Killers in Kiev |Jamie Dettmer |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But someone else—a smiling man with a goatee—had already stepped in.

Daddy, How Come You’re Always Broke? Benjamin Anastas’s ‘Too Good to Be True’ |Benjamin Anastas |October 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He was unshaven, with a goatee and long, scraggly hair, and looked miserable and not a little creepy.

Fred Willard: Arrested in a Post Pee-wee Herman Universe |Tricia Romano |July 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Add some pricey eyewear, and a goatee can make you hip, as it does Johnny Depp.

What Does a Goatee Say About You? |Bryan Curtis |November 12, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The short trimmed mustache and goatee which he wore were gray and added to his grand air.

Twelve Men |Theodore Dreiser
Ellison looked up, leaned back in his chair, and tugged at his goatee.

Oh, You Tex! |William Macleod Raine
The Béarnais pulled his goatee, and looked at the ends of it for split hairs.

The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay |Maurice Hewlett
I managed, however, with a skillful blow, to dispossess him of his "goatee."

Gems for the Young Folks |Various
He has a typical swarthy, angular Indian face and a French mustache and goatee.

On Canada's Frontier |Julian Ralph

British Dictionary definitions for goatee

goatee

/ (ɡəʊˈtiː) /

noun

a pointed tuftlike beard on the chin

Derived forms of goatee

goateed, adjective

Word Origin for goatee

C19: from goat + -ee (see -y ²)

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