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amicicide

amicicide noun: killing of a friend.

Noun

amicicide (plural amicicides)

  1. killing of a friend
    • Men who have been the firmest friends, while in each other's company periodically and frequently, have clashed and quarrelled in their attempt to dwell beneath the same roof, and, occupying the same apartments, have been moved to commit amicicide.1873, Junius Henri Browne, “Women as Idealists”, in The Galaxy, Volume XVI, page 99

Forms of amicicide

pluralamicicides

Origin of amicicide

From Latin amicus + -cide.

Questions about amicicide

What does amicicide mean?
Amicicide means killing of a friend.
What part of speech is amicicide?
Amicicide is a noun.
What is the plural of amicicide?
The plural of amicicide is amicicides.

Words near amicicide in the dictionary

  1. amicetin
  2. amici
  3. amici curiae
  4. Amici prism
  5. Amici prisms
  6. amicicide
  7. amicicides
  8. amicide
  9. amicite
  10. amicitial
  11. Amick

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