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Meaning of spadassinicide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/ˌspɑd.əˈsɪ.nɪ.seɪd/

Definitions

  1. 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.
    rare
  2. One who performs such an act.
    rare

Examples

“Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to fence with anything but a quill.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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