This week’s theme
Eponyms

This week’s words
Mae West
Adonic
vandal
nimrodize
Chadband

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(VAN-dl)

MEANING:

noun: One who willfully damages another’s property.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Vandals, a Germanic tribe who overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa, and in 455 CE sacked Rome. Earliest documented use: 1555.

USAGE:

“Whether true Conservatives can save their party from such vandals is one of the great political issues of our time.”
On Parliamentarians Talented, Vainglorious, Entertaining, and Anarchic; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 5, 2019.

See more usage examples of vandal in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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