moustachu

French

Etymology

From moustache +‎ -u.

Adjective

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

moustachioed
- 1862, Victor Hugo, “IV. Essai de consolation sur la veuve Hucheloup”, in Les Misérables, 4e partie. Idylle et épopée; Livre douzième. Corinthe, Belgium: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie.:
  [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.

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