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mariticide

/ˈmærɪtɪsaɪd/

mariticide noun: the act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.

Noun

mariticide (countable and uncountable, plural mariticides)

  1. 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
  2. (countable) A woman who has killed her husband.

Synonyms of mariticide

Forms of mariticide

pluralmariticides

Origin of mariticide

From Latin maritus (“married, husband”) + -cide, from caedere (“to kill”).

Questions about mariticide

What does mariticide mean?
Mariticide means the act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
What part of speech is mariticide?
Mariticide is a noun.
How do you pronounce mariticide?
Mariticide is pronounced /ˈmærɪtɪsaɪd/.
What is the plural of mariticide?
The plural of mariticide is mariticides.

Words near mariticide in the dictionary

  1. maritality
  2. maritally
  3. maritated
  4. Marite
  5. mariticidal
  6. mariticide
  7. mariticides
  8. maritimal
  9. maritimale
  10. maritime
  11. Maritime Alps

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