/van"dl/ , n.
1. ( cap. ) a member of a Germanic people who in the 5th century A.D. ravaged Gaul and Spain, settled in Africa, and in A.D. 455 sacked Rome.
2. a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars something beautiful or valuable.
adj.
3. ( cap. ) of or pertaining to the Vandals.
4. imbued with or characterized by vandalism.
[ 1545-55; Vandalus, Latinized tribal name ]