Vandal

van′dal, n. one of a fierce race from north-eastern Germany who entered Gaul about the beginning of the 5th century, cro ed the Pyrenees into Spain (leaving their name in And alus i a = Vandal it i a ), next under Genseric cro ed the Strait of Gibraltar, and carried devastation and ruin from the shores of the Atlantic to the frontiers of Cyrene: any one hostile to arts or literature, a barbarian.— adjs. Van′dal , Vandal′ic , barbarous, rude.— n. Van′dalism , hostility to arts or literature. [Low L. Vandali , Vinduli —the Teut. name seen in Dut. Wenden , the Wends.]