sideburnn.
/ˈsʌɪdbəːn/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdˌbərn/ Originally U.S.
A strip of facial hair grown by a man down each side of his face in front of the ears. Usually in plural.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of whiskers
side wing1811
mutton chop1851
Dundreary whiskers1859
mutton cutlet1860
Piccadilly weeper1866
burnside1875
Dundrearies1876
sideburn1876
sidebar whiskers1882
sideboards1883
weeper1894
slugger1898
ear guards1905
1876 People (Indianapolis) 8 Apr. 2/4 Norris and Warner want to be fashionable. They are cultivating side-burns.
1887 Chicago Jrnl. 1 Aug. McGarigle has his mustache and small sideburns still on.
1936 G. Greene Journey without Maps ii. iv. 197 He was..handsome in his native robe and his sideburns.
1985 Times 31 Jan. 13/5 The world will not be won or lost on the fall of a fringe or the length of a sideburn.
2004 T. C. Boyle Inner Circle ii. iv. 298 The manager was a very proper-looking character with swept-back hair, silvered sideburns and the trace of an Italian accent.
Derivatives
ˈsideburned adj. having sideburns.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [adjective] > having the facial hair cut > in a specific style
pique-devanted1591
sideburned1892
1892 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 7 July There are other mourners in Merrie England, and a side-burned nobleman gnasheth his teeth.
1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 75 A swarthy, sideburned Latin.
2003 J. R. Lennon Mailman i. vi. 297 They're typical schlubs, sideburned, thick around the middle where the shirt buttons threaten to pop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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