vandalish
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vandalish (comparative more vandalish, superlative most vandalish)
- Characteristic of a vandal; wantonly destructive.
- 1870, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 229, page 250:
- Within a few days of our reading the report of the vandalish statue-burnings of the Oxford undergrads, we met with the announcement of a wholesale destruction of idols by the natives of Madagascar.
- 1834, William Thomas Beckford, Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal, page 241:
- Yes, I witnessed this vandalish operation, and saw large flakes of stucco imprinted with the touches of Rubens fall upon the floor […]