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vandyke

/vænˈdaɪk/

vandyke noun: an edge with ornamental triangular points.

vandyke: an edge with ornamental triangular points
Image: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641) Details on Google Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun (1)

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
    • Raj, you will be painting sideburns and a Van Dyke on a six-inch figurine of Legolas the elf.2009 May 11, Eric Kaplan, Richard Rosenstock, “The Monopolar Expedition”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 2, episode 23, spoken by Sheldon Cooper
    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.

Verb

vandyke (third-person singular simple present vandykes, present participle vandyking, simple past and past participle vandyked)

  1. (transitive) To fit or furnish with a vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a vandyke.
    • Again I searched, and found a most diabolical pair of cock-nosed shears, capable of vandyking the interiors of elephants.1898, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work, volume 1
    • The travellers had not advanced many paces towards them before the peaks of three gables rose above them, vandyking the sky and docking the last sparse branches of the elms. Mr. Thomasson's exclamation of relief, as he surveyed the building, was cut short by the harsh rattle of a chain, followed by...1898, Stanley John Weyman, The Castle Inn

Noun (2) capitalized: Vandyke

Vandyke (plural Vandykes)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of vandyke.

Proper noun capitalized: Vandyke

Vandyke

  1. A surname

Synonyms of vandyke

Forms of vandyke

Noun
pluralvandykes
alternative formVan Dyke
alternative formVan Dyck
alternative formVandyck
alternative formVandyke
pluralVandykes
Verb
third-person singular presentvandykes
present participlevandyking
past participlevandyked
pastvandyked

Origin of vandyke

Named after 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.

Words formed from vandyke

Phrases with vandyke

Words that rhyme with vandyke

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Questions about vandyke

What does vandyke mean?
Vandyke means an edge with ornamental triangular points.
What part of speech is vandyke?
Vandyke can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce vandyke?
Vandyke is pronounced /vænˈdaɪk/.
What is the plural of vandyke?
The plural of vandyke is vandykes.

Words near vandyke in the dictionary

  1. Vanduzers
  2. Vandy
  3. Vandyck
  4. Vandycks
  5. Vandyk
  6. vandyke
  7. Vandyke beard
  8. Vandyke beards
  9. Vandyke brown
  10. Vandyke browns
  11. Vandyke collar

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