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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vindictive /vɪnˈdɪktɪv/

▶adjective having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.

– derivatives
vindictively adverb,
vindictiveness noun.

– origin C17: from L. vindicta ‘vengeance’ + -ive.

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