Prolicide

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth. uncountable

    "PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant."

  2. 2
    One who commits prolicide. countable

    "Perhaps they had accommodated the foregoing statement to the casuistical axiom, non homo est, qui non futurus est, which is a very agreeable one to prolicides."

Example

More examples

"PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant."

Etymology

From Latin prōlēs (“offspring”) + -cide.

More for "prolicide"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.