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The name derives from the feminine suffix [[machia]], meaning "battle, fight" (see [[-machy]]) + [[velli]], present passive infinitive of [[vello]], "to pull or tear down, demolish." |
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See also: machiavelli
English
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Etymology
The name derives from the feminine suffix machia, meaning "battle, fight" (see -machy) + velli, present passive infinitive of vello, "to pull or tear down, demolish."
Proper noun
Machiavelli (plural Machiavellis)
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian statesman and writer, whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
- A Machiavellian person