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dukicide

noun

Etymology

From duke + -icide.

  1. derived from *dewk-✻
  2. derived from dux
  3. inherited from duk
  4. derived from duc
  5. suffixed as dukicide — “duke + icide”

Definitions

  1. The killing of a duke.

    • Lady Lindsay, with that appetite for shrouds which is inborn in the female mind, kills Mary’s husband (a novelist should think twice before unnecessary dukicide) for no earthly reason; and the part of Dr. Jackson is awkward.
    • One of the problems of being a duke was any that number of one’s followers might get it into their head they could be duke just as well as you, and succeed to the dukedom by dukicide.
    • HAMLET. What be this? Miching Malicho? / FAUSTUS. Miching Malicho. It means “mischief.” Lurid tales of murder and mayhem among the upper classes. That’s last week’s edition — juicy story of dukicide in Vienna. Enjoy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA