autodefenestration
UK/ˌɔː.təʊ.dɪˌfɛ.nɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃ(ə)n//ˌɑː.toʊˌdiː.fɛ.nəˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
autodefenestration noun: the act of hurling oneself from a window, especially lethally.
Noun
autodefenestration (uncountable)
- The act of hurling oneself from a window, especially lethally.
- She climbs out on a window ledge and threatens autodefenestration if the marriage isn't contracted, and is soon joined on the ledge by Jill.1986, “Rich Relations”, in New York Magazine, volume 19, number 18
- Ipana, a leading practitioner of feline-autodefenestration, also helped, I think.2002, Ian Lauchlan, Russian hide-and-seek: the tsarist secret police in St. Petersburg, 1906-1914
Origin of autodefenestration
From auto- + defenestration.
Questions about autodefenestration
- What does autodefenestration mean?
- Autodefenestration means the act of hurling oneself from a window, especially lethally.
- What part of speech is autodefenestration?
- Autodefenestration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce autodefenestration?
- Autodefenestration is pronounced /ˌɔː.təʊ.dɪˌfɛ.nɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
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