Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vandal
Vandal
vandal
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
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noun Etymology: Latin Vandalii (plural), of Germanic origin Date: 1530 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, one who willfully or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public, ~ adjective, often capitalized Vandalic adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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