vindical
Eager to punish; vindicative.
Adjective
- Eager to punish; vindicative.
- The great point for you […] is to eſtabliſh the circumſtance either of menace, coercion, or puniſhment as the caſe may be. When you have bottomed yourſelf well upon theſe facts, you need not be afraid to meet the...
Synonyms: vindicative vindictive avengeful pluckcrow revengeful vengeable vengeful vengesome vindical wreakful
Origin
From the Medieval Latin vindicālis (“avenging, punishing, vengeful, vindictive”), from the Classical Latin vindex (“avenger, punisher, revenger”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).