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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024van•dal /ˈvændəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who maliciously destroys or damages public or private property.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024van•dal (van′dl),USA pronunciation n. - Language Varieties, Ancient History(cap.) a member of a Germanic people who in the 5th centurya.d.ravaged Gaul and Spain, settled in Africa, and ina.d.455 sacked Rome.
- a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars something beautiful or valuable.
adj. - Ancient History, Language Varieties(cap.) of or pertaining to the Vandals.
- imbued with or characterized by vandalism.
- Late Latin Vandalus, Latinized tribal name
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vandal /ˈvændəl/ n - a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
- (as modifier): vandal instincts
Etymology: 17th Century: from Vandal, from Latin Vandallus, of Germanic origin Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Vandal /ˈvændəl/ n - a member of a Germanic people that raided Roman provinces in the 3rd and 4th centuries ad before devastating Gaul (406–409), conquering Spain and N Africa, and sacking Rome (455): crushed by Belisarius at Carthage (533)
Vandalic /vænˈdælɪk/ adj |