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‖ jettatura|jɛtəˈtʊərə|
[ad. It. iettatura.]
The evil eye (see evil a. 6); bad luck. So jettaˈtore [ad. It. iettatore], a person who brings bad luck.
1855Mrs. Gaskell Accursed Race in Househ. Words 25 Aug. 78/2 Their glance, if you meet it, is the jettatura, or evil eye. 1882C. M. Yonge Unknown to Hist. II. iii. 34 'Tis not only the jettatura wherewith the Queen Mother used to reproach me. Men need but bear me good will, and misery overtakes them. 1892A. Lang Bks. & Bookmen (new ed.) 122 The superstitious might have been excused for crediting him with the gift of jettatura,—of the evil eye. 1921Glasgow Herald 29 July 6 This simple remedy is much in use throughout Italy to-day as an antidote to the evil power of the Jettatore. |