vendettan.
/vɛnˈdɛtə/, U.S. /vɛnˈdɛdə/ 1. A family blood-feud, usually of a hereditary character, as customary among the inhabitants of Corsica and parts of Italy.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [noun] > family blood feud, esp. in Corsica
vendetta1855
society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter > vengeful > specifically in Corsica or Italy
vendetta1855
1855 Edinb. Rev. 101 456 Paoli..succeeded in making the vendetta disgraceful.
1860 All Year Round 7 July 299/2 The deadly ‘vendetta’..which has sacrificed whole families, and once depopulated an entire village for one girl.
1871 O. W. Holmes Mechanism of Thought & Morals 60 I came away thinking I had discovered a new national custom, as peculiar..as the Corsican vendetta.
2. A similar blood-feud, or prosecution of private revenge, in other communities.
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society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter > vengeful
feudc1425
blood feud1824
vendetta1861
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [noun] > family blood feud outside Corsica
vendetta1861
1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. vii. 66 But there are no traces [among the early Anglo-Saxons] of that vendetta, which was the sombre glory of the Welsh.
1891 Spectator 7 Mar. The Papuan..would eat everybody, but that he fears arousing endless vendettas.
Derivatives
venˈdettist n. one who takes part in, or carries on, a vendetta.
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society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter > party to
feudist1901
vendettist1904
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [noun] > one who takes part in a vendetta
vendettist1904
1904 Times 2 June 10/3 We..perceive that they are blood-thirsty vendettists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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