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Sororicide

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of one's sister. countable, uncountable

    "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)."

  2. 2
    A person who kills his or her sister.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin sorōricīdium (“killing of one’s sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīdium (“killing”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killing”).

Etymology 2

From Latin sorōricīda (“one who kills his sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīda (“killer”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killer”).

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