mariticide en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmærɪtɪsaɪd/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin maritus (“married, husband”) + -cide, from caedere (“to kill”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
Katherine Crockett failed to ignite the big solo in which the title character relishes the ax she will use to commit mariticide.
2014 March 20, Alastair Macaulay, “Tales of Legends and Curiosities”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2014:
- (countable) A woman who has killed her husband.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mariticides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
viricide (the killing of one’s husband) · husbandicide (the killing of one’s husband)
Translations (8)
io spozocido (the killing of one's husband) · pl mężobójczyni (a woman who kills her husband) · fi miehenmurhaaja (a woman who kills her husband) · ru мужеуби́йца (a woman who kills her husband) · io spozulocido (the killing of one's husband) · ru мужеуби́йство (the killing of one's husband) · pl mężobójstwo (the killing of one's husband) · fi miehenmurha (the killing of one's husband)