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Van Dyck

Van Dyck is the alternative form of vandyke.

Meaning of vandyke

Noun

vandyke (plural vandykes)

  1. An edge with ornamental triangular points.
  2. A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
    • He was still an old galliard, with white Buffalo Bill vandyke, and he swanked around, still healthy of flesh, in white suits, looking things over with big sex-amused eyes.1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, chapter V, in The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    Vandyke beard
  3. A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.

See all 5 meanings of vandyke

Forms of Van Dyck

pluralVan Dycks

Questions about Van Dyck

What is Van Dyck the alternative form of?
Van Dyck is the alternative form of vandyke.

Words near Van Dyck in the dictionary

  1. Van Diemen's Land
  2. Van Diemonian
  3. Van Dievoet
  4. Van Dorn battle flag
  5. Van Dorn battle flags
  6. Van Dyck
  7. Van Dycks
  8. Van Dyke
  9. Van Dykes
  10. Van Eaton
  11. Van Eatons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Van Dyck (page history and authors); vandyke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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