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