spadassinicide

Meaning

Noun

  • The act of coaxing someone, usually through insult, into initiating a swordsman's duel, and subsequently killing that person with superior skill so as to commit legal murder.
  • One who performs such an act.

Origin

  • From spadassin + -icide, from Italian spadaccino

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