Wificide

//ˈwaɪ.fɪ.saɪd// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of one's wife. nonce-word, uncountable

    "Sir Walter Lesly fulfilled his threats of ordering horses the succeeding day, and taking his departure from the castle ; but not because, as for a moment he had been attempted to apprehend, his jealous host had evinced tendencies to wificide."

Synonyms

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uxoricide

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"Sir Walter Lesly fulfilled his threats of ordering horses the succeeding day, and taking his departure from the castle ; but not because, as for a moment he had been attempted to apprehend, his jealous host had evinced tendencies to wificide."

Etymology

From wife + -i- + -cide.

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