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feud

noun

  1. long-running argument or fight, often between social groups of people, especially families or clans
L16735 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. pursue a long-running and possibly violent argument
L16736 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fjuːd/ / /fɪu̯d/ / /fɛʊ̯d/

noun

Etymology: From Medieval Latin feudum. Doublet of fee, fief, and feoff.

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

verb

Etymology: Inherited from Northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide, feide, fede, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“hatred, enmity”) (corresponding to foe + -th), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“hostile”). Cognate to Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), German Fehde, and Dutch vete (“feud”) (directly inherited from Proto-West Germanic) alongside Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”) and Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”) (borrowed from Middle Low German).

  1. 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.

    As a result of the heel turn, [Riki] Choshu was instantly elevated as a headliner and feuded with [Tatsumi] Fujinami in main events for two years over the WWF [World Wrestling Federation] International Heavyweight strap.