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vendetta

noun
/vɛnˈdɛtə//vɛnˈdɛɾə/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

  1. derived from vindicta
  2. borrowed from vendetta

Definitions

  1. Revenge.

  2. A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which…

    A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.

    • The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations.

  3. A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated

    A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

    • personal vendetta
    • blood vendetta

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Derived

vendettist

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vendetta. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA