Vandyke Beard (Noun)
Meaning
A short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke).
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- His distinctive vandyke beard added to an eccentric appearance that people often remembered.
- The Elizabethan actor primped and preened in front of the mirror, adjusting his vandyke beard.
- Growing a vandyke beard helped him connect with his 17th-century ancestors.
- Historians commonly associated the vandyke beard style with the monarchs from bygone eras.
- Throughout the film, the actor's perfectly trimmed vandyke beard exemplified the king's proud demeanor.