vengeable

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vengeable.

Adjective

vengeable (comparative more vengeable, superlative most vengeable)

1. (obsolete) Vengeful.
2. (obsolete) Prompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     I sought / Vpon my selfe that vengeable despight / To punish

Old French

Adjective

vengeable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vengeable)

1. that justifies or requires vengeance

References

• vengeable on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub