Aunticide

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of an aunt. rare, uncountable

    "Dear Aunt Louie:[…]Criticism on my part would be rather like aunticide would it not?"

Example

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"Dear Aunt Louie:[…]Criticism on my part would be rather like aunticide would it not?"

Etymology

From aunt + -icide.

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