jettatura

English

Etymology

Italian jettatura

Noun

jettatura (plural jettaturas)

1. (archaic) The evil eye.
   • 1828, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 2, page 561:

     The golden bulla (as also those of brass) was hollow, and contained, it is supposed, remedies against the jettatura.

Italian

Noun

jettatura f (plural jettature)

1. Alternative form of iettatura