Oxf. Gloss.
Vitta
(||Vit"ta) n.; pl. Vittæ [L. vitta ribbon, fillet.]
1. (Bot.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
2. (Zoöl.) A band, or stripe, of color.
Vittate
(Vit"tate) a. [L. vittatus bound with a fillet, fr. vitta fillet.]
1. (Bot.) Bearing or containing vittæ.
2. Striped longitudinally.
Vituline
(Vit"u*line) a. [L. vitulinus, fr. vitulus a calf. See Veal.] Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
Vituperable
(Vi*tu"per*a*ble) a. [L. vituperabilis: cf. F. vitupérable.] Liable to, or deserving, vituperation,
or severe censure.
Vituperate
(Vi*tu"per*ate) v. t. [L. vituperatus, p. p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault
+ parare to prepare. See Vice a fault, and Pare, v. t.] To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with
wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Vituperation
(Vi*tu`per*a"tion) n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF. vituperation. See Vituperate.] The act of
vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes
upon him.
Donne. Vituperative
(Vi*tu"per*a*tive) a. Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.
— Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly, adv.
Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities.
B. Jonson. Vituperator
(Vi*tu"per*a`tor) n. [L.] One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
Vituperrious
(Vi`tu*per"ri*ous) a. Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.]
Vivace
(||Vi*va"ce) a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; — a direction to perform a passage
in a brisk and lively manner.
Vivacious
(Vi*va"cious) a. [L. vívax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See Vivid.]
