vendereccio

Italian

Etymology

From vende(re) (“to sell”) +‎ -ereccio.

Adjective

vendereccio (feminine vendereccia, masculine plural venderecci, feminine plural venderecce) (archaic or rare)

  1. saleable, marketable, made to be sold, easy to sell
    Near-synonym: vendibile
    pane vendereccio ― saleable bread
    merce vendereccia ― saleable goods
  2. (figurative) easily bribable, money-grubbing, venal (of a person)
    Synonym: venale
    Near-synonym: corrompibile
    gente vendereccia ― money-grubbing people

Further reading
  • vendereccio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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