vendetta
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian vendetta.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
vendetta (plural vendettas)
- A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
Translations [edit]
bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
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Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”), from vindico (“claim, vindicate”), from vindex (“defender”), -ive.
Noun [edit]
vendetta f (plural vendette)