A variant spelling of 'goatee,' a style of beard consisting of hair on the chin only, resembling a goat's facial hair.
Alternative spelling of 'goatee,' from French 'bouc' (goat) + '-ee' suffix. This variant represents informal or dialectical spelling variations in English beard terminology.
Facial hair styles have remarkably specific names—the fact that we call it a 'goatee' because it literally looks like goat fur shows how English uses animal comparisons for fashion! 'Gootee' is just a phonetic variant.
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