vaueness - n.
1 esp. US variety entertainment.
2 a stage play on a trivial theme with interspersed songs.
3 a satirical or topical song with a refrain.

vaudevillian adj. & n. [F, orig. of convivial song esp. any of those composed by O. Basselin, 15th-c. poet born at Vau de Vire in Normandy]

vaueness - n. & adj.
--n.

(pl. same)
1 a native of Vaud in W. Switzerland.
2 the French dialect spoken in Vaud.

--adj.

of or relating to Vaud or its dialect. [F]

vaueness - n. & adj.
--n.

(pl. same) a member of the Waldenses.

--adj.

of or relating to the Waldenses. [F, repr. med.L Valdensis: see WALDENSES]

vaueness - n. & v.
--n.

1 a an arched roof. b a continuous arch. c a set or series of arches whose joints radiate from a central point or line.
2 a vaultlike covering (the vault of heaven).
3 an underground chamber: a as a place of storage (bank vaults). b as a place of interment beneath a church or in a cemetery etc. (family vault).
4 an act of vaulting.
5 Anat. the arched roof of a cavity.

--v.

1 intr. leap or spring, esp. while resting on one or both hands or with the help of a pole.
2 tr. spring over (a gate etc.) in this way.
3 tr. (esp. as vaulted) a make in the form of a vault. b provide with a vault or vaults.

vaulter n. [OF voute, vaute, ult. f. L volvere roll]

vaueness - n.
1 arched work in a vaulted roof or ceiling.
2 a gymnastic or athletic exercise in which participants vault over obstacles.

vaulting-horse a wooden block to be vaulted over by gymnasts.

vaueness - v. & n.
literary --v.

1 intr. boast, brag.
2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully.

--n.

a boast.

vaunter n. vauntingly adv. [ME f. AF vaunter, OF vanter f. LL vantare f. L vanus VAIN: partly obs. avaunt (v.) f. avanter f. a- intensive + vanter]