Uxoricide

//ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪˌsaɪd// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who murders one's wife.
  2. 2
    The murdering of one's own wife. 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)."

  3. 3
    the murder of a wife by her husband wordnet
  4. 4
    a husband who murders his wife wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
fratricidefungicidegenocidegermicideherbicidehomicide

Example

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"Having sold him the murder weapon makes you an accessory to uxoricide."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French uxoricide or Latin uxor + English -icide.

Etymology 2

From French uxoricide or Latin uxōricīdium.

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