Vindictive
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early 17th century: from Latin vindicta ‘vengeance’ + -ive.
wiktionary
From Latin vindicta(“vengeance”), from vindico(“claim, vindicate”), from vindex(“defender”), + -ive.
etymonline
vindictive (adj.)
1610s, "vengeful," from Latin vindicta "revenge" (see vindication) + -ive; or perhaps a shortening of vindicative based on the Latin word. From 1620s as "punitive, retributive," rather than personally vengeful or deliberately cruel. Related: Vindictively.
