Nepocide
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of nepoticide (“killing of one's own nephew”). alt-of, alternative, countable, rare, uncountable
"Morvryn […was] reclaimed by the gentle care of his twin-sister, Gwendydd, the mother of the ill-fated youth whom he had deprived of life. […] Jeoffrey of Monmouth composed a Latin poem, dedicated to Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, in which he describes with considerable spirit, though in rugged verse, the insanity of the involuntary nepocide: […]"
Example
More examples"Morvryn […was] reclaimed by the gentle care of his twin-sister, Gwendydd, the mother of the ill-fated youth whom he had deprived of life. […] Jeoffrey of Monmouth composed a Latin poem, dedicated to Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, in which he describes with considerable spirit, though in rugged verse, the insanity of the involuntary nepocide: […]"
Etymology
From Latin nepōs (“nephew”) + -cide.
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