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. Vandalic adj. (in sense 2 of n.).
[ L Vandalus f. Gmc ]