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Italian
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Old French vengeance, venjance (“revenge”), derived from vengier (“to avenge; to take revenge (upon)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /venˈd͡ʒan.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -antsa
- Hyphenation: ven‧giàn‧za
Noun
vengianza f (plural vengianze) (Old Italian)
- revenge, vengeance
- Synonyms: vendetta, vengiamento (Old Italian)
- fare/prendere vengianza ― to avenge, to take revenge
late 12th to early 13th century, anonymous author, , lines 93–94; republished as “Sì altamente e bene” (chapter 100), in A. D'ancona, D. Comparetti, editors, Le antiche rime volgari secondo la lezione del Codice Vaticano 3793, volume 1, Bologna: Gaetano Romagnoli, 1875:Cantando mi lamento;
Quest’è la mia vegianza.- I lament as I sing: this is my vengeance.
13th century, Jacopone da Todi, ; republished as “Como la veritá piange ch’è morta la bontade [Truth laments the death of Goodness]” (chapter 61), in Giovanni Ferri, editor, Le Laude secondo la stampa fiorentina del 1490 [Praises], Bari: Laterza, 1915, page 117:— O Bontá nobilissima, — chi ne fará vegnanza
de tanta iniquitanza — ch’en te è demostrata? —- O most noble Goodness, who is going to avenge such iniquity that is revealed in you?
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