vendettan.

Brit.

/vɛnˈdɛtə/, U.S.

/vɛnˈdɛdə/

Etymology: < Italian vendetta < Latin vindicta vengeance. Compare vindictive adj.

1. A family blood-feud, usually of a hereditary character, as customary among the inhabitants of Corsica and parts of Italy.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

attributive.1897 Humanitarian X. 209 The vendetta spirit is hereditary.

Derivatives

venˈdettist n. one who takes part in, or carries on, a vendetta.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	vendetta
释义	vendettan. Brit. /vɛnˈdɛtə/, U.S. /vɛnˈdɛdə/ Etymology: < Italian vendetta < Latin vindicta vengeance. Compare vindictive adj. 1. A family blood-feud, usually of a hereditary character, as customary among the inhabitants of Corsica and parts of Italy. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. attributive.1897 Humanitarian X. 209 The vendetta spirit is hereditary. Derivatives venˈdettist n. one who takes part in, or carries on, a vendetta. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1855
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