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nepocide

nepocide is the alternative form of nepoticide.

Meaning of nepoticide

Noun

nepoticide (countable and uncountable, plural nepoticides)

  1. The killing of one's own nephew.
    • The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.1856, Mrs. William Busk, Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268, volume IV, London: Hookham and Sons, →OCLC, page 294
  2. (countable) One who kills his or her own nephew.
    • The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one...2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There’s more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pages R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), archived from the original on 26 Oct 2015

Forms of nepocide

pluralnepocides

Origin of nepocide

From Latin nepōs (“nephew”) + -cide.

Questions about nepocide

What is nepocide the alternative form of?
Nepocide is the alternative form of nepoticide.

Words near nepocide in the dictionary

  1. nepo
  2. nepo babies
  3. nepo baby
  4. nepo friend
  5. nepo friends
  6. nepocide
  7. nepomorphan
  8. nepomorphans
  9. Neporatan
  10. nepotal
  11. nepotarchy

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