prolicide en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin prōlēs (“offspring”) + -cide.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant.
1827, Robley Dunglison, Syllabus of the Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence, page 93:
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(countable) One who commits prolicide.
Perhaps they had accommodated the foregoing statement to the casuistical axiom, non homo est, qui non futurus est, which is a very agreeable one to prolicides.
1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence and State Medicine, page 283:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prolicides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |