2 entries under this word

Vandal

Vān'dal, n.

noun

n. [Lat. Vandalus, Vandalius, probably originally signifying a wanderer, from Ger. wandeln, to go, wander.]

  1. (Anc. Hist.) One of the most barbarous of the northern nations that invaded Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.
  2. Hence, one hostile to the arts and literature; one who is ignorant and barbarous.

Vān'dal, a.

adjective

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling,