vandalic

[van-dal-ik]

adjective

1. (initial capital letter),  of, relating to, or characteristic of the Vandals.

2. of or relating to vandalism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vandalic¹

First recorded in 1660–70; vandal + -ic

Example Sentences

Near the close of day, I sometimes saw him sitting on the portico, with his chair tipped back, his feet against a classic pillar, smoking his pipe—a vandalic American indulging a national posture to the shame of a Grecian memory.

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There is no longer Vandalic blood in Africa or Gothic blood in Italy.

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George related how Peter Roper “jumped” the Mechlin house in true vandalic style, breaking open the doors with axes and dragging out the furniture when the family were in great grief, and how this outrage as well as others were indulgently passed over by San Diego's august tribunal of justice.

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It was another religion that brought ruin here—early Christianity—presently followed by early Mohammedanism—each burning with vandalic zeal.

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That is occupied by Vandalic barbarians!

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