gnomicide
gnomicide noun: the destroying of a gnome.
Noun
gnomicide (uncountable)
- The destroying of a gnome.
- “At 4 a.m. they came back. I looked out the door, and they were struggling with the gnome which was tangled in its own wiring. They dashed it to the ground!” Plainly there was some boorish hoodlumism by youths old enough to know better. Then the lady who had charged one of several youths with...1949 December 2, Tom Jarvis, “Busted, Stolen Gnome No Longer Lights Home”, in The Vancouver Sun, volume LXIV, number 52, Vancouver, B.C., page 47
- In recent years it has been shown that the non-U value of a gnome can be increased by cavity filling. […] The following badmixtures shall not be used. […] (b) Crocodileite (green asbestos), which can lead to gnomicide.1982, Bulletin, Association for Preservation Technology, page 43
Examples of gnomicide in a sentence
- Then the lady who had charged one of several youths with gnomicide conceded, unfortunately for her: “I didn’t see the face of the man who did the damage — but the police must know.1949 December 2, Tom Jarvis, “Busted, Stolen Gnome No Longer Lights Home”, in The Vancouver Sun, volume LXIV, number 52, Vancouver, B.C....
- Plumptre, and his co-authors, would commit gnomicide if they saw such a thing.1998 September 12, Desmond Christy, “Non-fiction”, in The Guardian, section “Saturday review”, page 11:
- Looks like Gnome Chomsky lost most of his butt. […] Which would have bought me swift banishment to the basement if I hadn’t already been banished for my now notorious gnomicide.1999, Vince Rause, Handy as I Wanna be: A Novel with Tools, Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 37 and 146:
- Among the casualties of this brutal Gnomicide are Snow White and her Seven Dwarves.2001 January 25, Adam Rozenhart, “Site Unseen”, in The Gateway, volume XC, number 30, page 26:
Origin of gnomicide
From gnome + -cide.
Questions about gnomicide
- What does gnomicide mean?
- Gnomicide means the destroying of a gnome.
- How do you use gnomicide in a sentence?
- Then the lady who had charged one of several youths with gnomicide conceded, unfortunately for her: “I didn’t see the face of the man who did the damage — but the police must know.
- What part of speech is gnomicide?
- Gnomicide is a noun.
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