Agoatee is a style offacial hair incorporating hair on thechin entirely. The exact nature of the style has varied according to time and culture.
Until the late 20th century, the termgoatee was used to refer solely to abeard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin—as on the chin of agoat, hence the term 'goatee'.[1] By the 1990s, the word had become anumbrella term used to refer to any facial hair style incorporating hair on the chin but not the cheeks;[2] there is debate over whether this style is correctly called a goatee or aVan Dyke.[3]
The style dates back toancient Greece andancient Rome. The godPan was traditionally depicted with goat-like features, including a goatee. WhenChristianity became the dominant religion and began copying imagery frompagan myth,Satan was given the likeness of Pan,[4] leading to Satan traditionally being depicted with a goatee[5] inmedieval art andRenaissance art.
The goatee would not enjoy widespread popularity again until the 1940s, when it became a defining trait of thebeatniks in the post–World War II United States. The style remained popular amongst the counter-culture until the 1960s before falling out of favor again. In the 1990s, goatees with incorporated mustaches became fashionable for men across all socioeconomic classes and professions.
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