vandetta.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a person who wilfully or maliciously destroys or damages property.
2 (Vandal) a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, N. Africa, and Rome in the 4th-5th c., destroying many books and works of art.

--adj.

of or relating to the Vandals.

Vandalic adj. (in sense 2 of n.). [L Vandalus f. Gmc]

vandetta.html - n.
wilful or malicious destruction or damage to works of art or other property.

vandalistic adj. vandalistically adv.

vandetta.html - v.tr.
(also -ise) destroy or damage wilfully or maliciously.

vandetta.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 each of a series of large points forming a border to lace or cloth etc.
2 a cape or collar etc. with these.

--adj.

(Vandyke) in the style of dress, esp. with pointed borders, common in portraits by Van Dyck.

Vandyke beard a neat pointed beard. Vandyke brown a deep rich brown. [Sir A. Van Dyck, Anglicized Vandyke, Flem. painter d. 1641]

vandetta.html - {v. phr.} To disappear quickly, without leaving a trace. * /Money seems to disappear into thin air these days./ * /Jack just vanished into thin air before the meeting had started./

vandetta.html - See: DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR.