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duello

[ doo-el-oh, dyoo-; Italian doo-el-law ]

noun

  1. the practice or art of dueling.
  2. the code of rules regulating dueling.


duello

/ djuːˈɛləʊ /

noun

  1. the art of duelling
  2. the code of rules for duelling


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Word History and Origins

Origin of duello1

From Italian, dating back to 1580–90; duel

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Word History and Origins

Origin of duello1

C16: from Italian; see duel

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Example Sentences

I drew myself up before him, and I bowed as I have done in the duello.

The antagonists in the strange duello sat back to back, astraddle a seat.

So much for the code duello, so much for false pride and extreme ideas of what should touch one's honor.

He was not a woodsman, and they expected from him something different from the usual duello of the woods.

In the army the Italian still fights his duello, but these affairs never get into the newspapers, as in France.

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