Husbandicide
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The killing of one's husband. nonce-word, uncountable
"The crime of husbandicide—the word is as permissible as infanticide—is as old as the discovery, made a very long time ago, that marriage is a failure."
Synonyms
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More examples"The crime of husbandicide—the word is as permissible as infanticide—is as old as the discovery, made a very long time ago, that marriage is a failure."
Etymology
From husband + -i- + -cide.
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