goatee

English
Man with goatee.

Etymology

From goat +‎ -ee (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡəʊˈtiː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɡoʊˈtiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

goatee (plural goatees)

  1. A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.
    • 1907, Joseph Conrad, chapter 3, in The Secret Agent:
      The terrorist, as he called himself, was old and bald, with a narrow, snow-white wisp of a goatee hanging limply from his chin.

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