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self-murder

self-murder noun: suicide.

Noun

self-murder (countable and uncountable, plural self-murders)

  1. Suicide.
    • My mind being by these means grown as desperate as my fortune, there was scarce a wickedness which I did not meditate, in order for my relief. Self-murder itself became the subject of my serious deliberation; and I had certainly resolved on it, had not a more shameful, though perhaps less sinful...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

Forms of self-murder

pluralself-murders

Origin of self-murder

From self- + murder, perhaps continuing Middle English *self-murther, from Old English selfmyrþere (“one who kills himself, a suicide”). Compare German Selbstmord, Dutch zelfmoord, Swedish självmord.

Questions about self-murder

What does self-murder mean?
Self-murder means suicide.
What part of speech is self-murder?
Self-murder is a noun.
What is the plural of self-murder?
The plural of self-murder is self-murders.

Words near self-murder in the dictionary

  1. self-motion
  2. self-motions
  3. self-motivated
  4. self-moving
  5. self-mulching
  6. self-murder
  7. self-murderer
  8. self-murderers
  9. self-murders
  10. self-mutilation
  11. self-name

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