Vandalicadj.

Brit.

/vanˈdalɪk/, U.S.

/vænˈdælɪk/

Forms: Also 1600s Vandallique.

Etymology: < Latin Vandalicus, < Vandalus Vandal n. and adj. So French vandalique. In the 15th cent. translation of Higden the form Wandalical occurs.

a. Characteristic of, resembling that of, the Vandals; barbarously or ignorantly destructive; vandalistic.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > vandalizing or iconoclastic

iconoclastic1640

Vandalic1667

iconoclast1685

Vandal1700

vandalizing1805

Hun-like1830

vandalish1834

idoloclastic1851

vandalistic1854

biblioclastic1887

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 66 This late harrass of us by a more than Gottish and Vandallique fire.

1762 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace iii. ii, in Wks. (1788) IV. 704 Rash Divines might be apt to charge this holy man..with a brutal spite to Reason,—and with more than Vandalic rage against human Learning.

1801 H. M. Williams Sketches Manners French Republic I. xviii. 226 The vandalic fury that employed itself not only on the mutilation of statues, but destroyed the paintings of the first masters.

1865 Ecclesiologist XXVI. 271 Deliberate, we might say Vandalic demolition.

1887 F. R. Stockton Hundredth Man xv In his vandalic operations Enoch had shown..fiendish ingenuity.

b. Of persons: = Vandal n. 2.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > vandalizing or iconoclastic > of a person

Vandalic1842

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 88 The cathedral itself is ordered to be repaired, and unfortunately ‘beautified’, by the most Vandalic architect Paris ever was afflicted with.

2. Of or pertaining to, consisting of, the Vandals.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [adjective] > Vandals

Wandalical?a1475

Vandal1613

Vandalica1727

a1727 I. Newton Observ. Prophecies Daniel (1733) i. v. 34 The Burgundians, a Vandalic nation, were between the Vistula and the southern fountain of the Boristhenes.

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. p. ix The Saxons, of Vandalic origin.

1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 477 Passing thence into Germany, he long sojourned among the Vandalic States, and finally settled in Bohemia.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xv. 375 Barbarians of the Vandalic race,..made insolent by success.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vandalic
释义	Vandalicadj. Brit. /vanˈdalɪk/, U.S. /vænˈdælɪk/ Forms: Also 1600s Vandallique. Etymology: < Latin Vandalicus, < Vandalus Vandal n. and adj. So French vandalique. In the 15th cent. translation of Higden the form Wandalical occurs. 1. a. Characteristic of, resembling that of, the Vandals; barbarously or ignorantly destructive; vandalistic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > vandalizing or iconoclastic iconoclastic1640 Vandalic1667 iconoclast1685 Vandal1700 vandalizing1805 Hun-like1830 vandalish1834 idoloclastic1851 vandalistic1854 biblioclastic1887 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 66 This late harrass of us by a more than Gottish and Vandallique fire. 1762 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace iii. ii, in Wks. (1788) IV. 704 Rash Divines might be apt to charge this holy man..with a brutal spite to Reason,—and with more than Vandalic rage against human Learning. 1801 H. M. Williams Sketches Manners French Republic I. xviii. 226 The vandalic fury that employed itself not only on the mutilation of statues, but destroyed the paintings of the first masters. 1865 Ecclesiologist XXVI. 271 Deliberate, we might say Vandalic demolition. 1887 F. R. Stockton Hundredth Man xv In his vandalic operations Enoch had shown..fiendish ingenuity. b. Of persons: = Vandal n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > vandalizing or iconoclastic > of a person Vandalic1842 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 88 The cathedral itself is ordered to be repaired, and unfortunately ‘beautified’, by the most Vandalic architect Paris ever was afflicted with. 2. Of or pertaining to, consisting of, the Vandals. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [adjective] > Vandals Wandalical?a1475 Vandal1613 Vandalica1727 a1727 I. Newton Observ. Prophecies Daniel (1733) i. v. 34 The Burgundians, a Vandalic nation, were between the Vistula and the southern fountain of the Boristhenes. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. p. ix The Saxons, of Vandalic origin. 1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 477 Passing thence into Germany, he long sojourned among the Vandalic States, and finally settled in Bohemia. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xv. 375 Barbarians of the Vandalic race,..made insolent by success. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1667
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