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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian duello. Doublet of duel.
Noun
duello (plural duellos or duelloes or duelli)
- (obsolete) A duel.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 269, column 2:Come ſir Andrew, there's no remedie, the Gentleman will for his honors ſake haue one bowt with you: he cannot by the Duello avoide it: but hee has promiſed me, as he is a Gentleman and a Soldiour, he will not hurt you.
1904, Alfred Henry Lewis, “How a President is Bred”, in The President: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: A[lfred] S[mith] Barnes and Company, →OCLC, page 24:The native State of Patrick Henry Hanway was a moss-grown member of the republic and had been one of the original thirteen. It possessed with other impedimenta a moss-grown aristocracy that borrowed money, devoured canvasbacks, drank burgundy, wore spotless tow in summer, clung to the duello, and talked of days of greatness which had been before the war.
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Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin duellum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duˈɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: du‧èl‧lo
Noun
duello m (plural duelli)
- duel
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
duello
- first-person singular present indicative of duellare
Further reading
- duello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology 1
From duellum + -ō.
Verb
duellō (present infinitive duellāre, perfect active duellāvī, supine duellātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive) to duel
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
duellō
- dative/ablative singular of duellum