sororicide
sororicide noun: the killing of one's sister.
Noun (1)
sororicide (countable and uncountable, plural sororicides)
- The killing of one's sister.
- Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).2014, Albert Lee Strickland, “Familicide”, in Michael John Brennan, editor, The A–Z of Death and Dying: Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Publishing Group...
Noun (2)
sororicide (plural sororicides)
- A person who kills his or her sister.
Forms of sororicide
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Origin of sororicide
From Latin sorōricīdium (“killing of one’s sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīdium (“killing”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killing”).
From Latin sorōricīda (“one who kills his sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīda (“killer”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killer”).
Words formed from sororicide
Questions about sororicide
- What does sororicide mean?
- Sororicide means the killing of one's sister.
- What part of speech is sororicide?
- Sororicide is a noun.
- What is the plural of sororicide?
- The plural of sororicide is sororicides.
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