Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vandalistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
van-dal-is-tic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the character of vandalism.

Etymology

Etymology tree English vandal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English vandalistic From vandal + -istic.

Inflected Forms

more vandalistic (comparative) most vandalistic (superlative)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does vandalistic mean?
Having the character of vandalism.
Where does vandalistic come from?
Etymology tree English vandal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English vandalistic From vandal + -istic.

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