feud
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English fede, feide, *feithe, from Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), from Proto-Germanic *faihiþō (“hatred, enmity”), from Proto-Indo-European *pAik-, *pAig- (“ill-meaning, wicked”), equivalent to foe + -th. Cognate with Dutch veete (“feud”), German Fehde (“feud, vendetta”), Danish feide (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”), Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”), and Old French feide, fede (“feud”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Related to foe, fiend.
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- fede (obsolete)
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feud (plural feuds)
- A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified.
- (professional wrestling slang) In professional wrestling, when two rival wrestlers engage in a series of matches; often has an angle tied to it.
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A state of long-standing mutual hostility
In professional wrestling, when two rival wrestlers engage in a series of matches; often has an angle tied to it
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[edit] Verb
feud (third-person singular simple present feuds, present participle feuding, simple past and past participle feuded)
- (intransitive) To carry on a feud.
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to carry on a feud
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Latin feodum.
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feud (plural feuds)
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estate granted to a vassal
