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noun Etymology: Latin Vandalii (plural), of Germanic origin Date: 1530 1. capitalized a member of a Germanic people who lived in the area south of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula and the Oder rivers, overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D., and in 455 sacked Rome 2. one who willfully or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public • ~ adjective, often capitalized • Vandalic adjective
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a person who wilfully or maliciously destroys or damages property. 2 (Vandal) a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, N. Africa, and Rome in the 4th-5th c., destroying many books and works of art. --adj. of or relating to the Vandals. Derivatives Vandalic adj. (in sense 2 of n.). Etymology: L Vandalus f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(vandals) A vandal is someone who deliberately damages things, especially public property. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1663, from Vandals, name of Gmc. tribe that sacked Rome, 455, under Genseric, from L. Vandalus (pl. Vandali), from the tribe's name for itself (O.E. Wendlas), from P.Gmc. *Wandal- "Wanderer." Vandalism first recorded 1798, from Fr.; vandalize 1800. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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