goatee

noun
/ɡəʊˈtiː/UK/ˌɡoʊˈtiː/US

Etymology

From goat + -ee (diminutive suffix), referring to the tuft of hair on the chin of many domestic goats.

  1. inherited from *gaits
  2. inherited from *gait
  3. inherited from gāt
  4. inherited from goot
  5. suffixed as goatee — “goat + ee

Definitions

  1. A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

    • The terrorist, as he called himself, was old and bald, with a narrow, snow-white wisp of a goatee hanging limply from his chin.
    • "Yes, sir, behind you. He is a man of middle size, rather inclined to shortness. He is old, over sixty, with white hair, curved nose and a white, small beard of the variety that is called goatee."

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