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jettatura

jettatura noun: the evil eye.

Noun

jettatura (plural jettaturas)

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

Forms of jettatura

pluraljettaturas

Origin of jettatura

From Italian jettatura.

Questions about jettatura

What does jettatura mean?
Jettatura means the evil eye.
What part of speech is jettatura?
Jettatura is a noun.
What is the plural of jettatura?
The plural of jettatura is jettaturas.

Words near jettatura in the dictionary

  1. jetstream
  2. jetstreams
  3. Jett
  4. jettable
  5. jettage
  6. jettatura
  7. jettaturas
  8. Jette
  9. jetteau
  10. jetteaus
  11. jetted

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