Feud meaning

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Land held from a feudal lord in return for service; fief.

noun

A bitter, often prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, especially such a state of hostilities between two families or clans.

noun

The definition of a feud is a prolonged bitter disagreement or fight between families, family members or friends.

An example of a feud is parents not speaking to their daughter for many years because she married someone outside of the family's religion.

noun

Any dispute or rivalry, esp. when bitter or protracted.

noun

To carry on a feud; quarrel.

verb

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

You couldn't call it a feud exactly, but there had always been a chill between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

noun

(professional wrestling slang) A staged rivalry between wrestlers.

noun

(intransitive) To carry on a feud.

The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified.

verb

An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.

noun

To carry on or perpetuate a bitter quarrel or state of enmity.

verb

A bitter, protracted, and violent quarrel, esp. between clans or families, often characterized by killings and counterkillings.

noun

Origin of feud

Alteration (probably influenced by feud) of Middle English fede from Old French faide of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Medieval Latin feudum of Germanic origin peku- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English fede, feide, *feithe, from Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), from Proto-Germanic *faihiþō (“hatred, enmity”), from Proto-Indo-European *pAik-, *pAig- (“ill-meaning, wicked”), equivalent to foe +‎ -th. Cognate with Dutch veete (“feud”), German Fehde (“feud, vendetta”), Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”), Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”), and Old French faide, feide (“feud”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Related to foe, fiend.

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From Old French, from Latin feodum.

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