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mariticides

mariticides is the plural of mariticide.

Meaning of mariticide

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.

Questions about mariticides

What is mariticides the plural of?
Mariticides is the plural of mariticide.

Words near mariticides in the dictionary

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

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