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matricide
[ ma-tri-sahyd, mey- ]
noun
- the act of killing one's mother.
- a person who kills their mother.
matricide
/ ˈmeɪ-; ˈmætrɪˌsaɪd /
noun
- the act of killing one's own mother
- a person who kills his mother
Derived Forms
- ˌmatriˈcidal, adjective
Other Words From
- matri·cidal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of matricide1
Word History and Origins
Origin of matricide1
Example Sentences
If I had put “Matricide” on the Internet right after I had finished it, you would not be interviewing me right now.
He had to pass sentence of death upon an atrocious scoundrel convicted of matricide.
When Seneca sanctioned, and then defended on political grounds, the matricide of Nero, from that moment his own doom was sealed.
It must be confessed that a great deal of the peculiar guilt of matricide evaporates in the process of explanation.
Woman is invulnerable; matricide is deemed the most dreadful crime that calls upon all men for vengeance.
Nero's matricide was not a crime, in so far as it was a positive outward act.
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