Meaning of MATRICIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'meytree`sId
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- [n] murder of your mother
- [n] a person who murders their mother
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| | See Also: | | parricide, parricide | |
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| | Definition: | |  Matricide
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mat"ri*cide\, n. [L. matricidium; mater mother +
coedere to kill, slay: cf. F. matricide. See {Mother}, and
cf. {Homicide}.]
1. The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
2. [L. matricida: cf. F. matricide.] One who murders one's
own mother.
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| | Related Terms: | | aborticide, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, microbicide, parricide, patricide, pesticide, regicide, rodenticide, sororicide, suicide, uxoricide, vermicide |
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