vendereccio

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From vende(re) (to sell) +‎ -ereccio.

Adjective[edit]

vendereccio (feminine vendereccia, masculine plural venderecci, feminine plural venderecce) (archaic or rare)

  1. saleable, marketable, made to be sold, easy to sell
    Near-synonym: vendibile
    pane venderecciosaleable bread
    merce venderecciasaleable goods
  2. (figurative) easily bribable, money-grubbing, venal (of a person)
    Synonym: venale
    Near-synonym: corrompibile
    gente venderecciamoney-grubbing people

Further reading[edit]

  • vendereccio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana