vandal

Etymology
1660s, “willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable”, from, referring to a member of an ancient Germanic people, the Vandals, who are associated with senseless destruction as a result of their sack of Rome under King Genseric in 455. During the Enlightenment, Rome was idealized, while the Goths and Vandals were blamed for its destruction. The Vandals may not have been any more destructive than other invaders of ancient times, but they did inspire English poet to write, Till Goths, and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless Monuments deface (1694). However, the Vandals did intentionally damage statues, which may be why their name is associated with the vandalism of art. The coining of 🇨🇬 by in 1794 to describe the destruction of artwork following the French Revolution popularized the idea further, and the term was quickly adopted across Europe, including as 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ванда́л
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: vàndal
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: vandal
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: vandalo
 * Estonian: vandaal
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: vándalo
 * Georgian: ვანდალი
 * German:
 * Greek:, βανδαλιστής
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: vandalo
 * Irish: creachadóir, loitiméir, sladaire
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 破壊者
 * Korean:
 * Manx: cragheyder, jeeylleyder
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: vandal
 * Nynorsk: vandal
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ванда́лка
 * Slovak: vandal
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish:


 * Manx:
 * Volapük:

Noun

 * 1)  person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  vandal

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  a
 * 2)  a Vandal

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  a
 * 2)  a Vandal

Etymology
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Noun

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Noun

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 * 1) a Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe)