jettatura

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English

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Etymology

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From Italian jettatura.

Noun

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jettatura (plural jettaturas)

  1. (archaic) The evil eye.
    • 1828, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 2, page 561:
      The golden bulla (as also those of brass) was hollow, and contained, it is supposed, remedies against the jettatura.

Italian

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Noun

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jettatura f (plural jettature)

  1. Alternative form of iettatura
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