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mariticide

noun

Etymology

From Latin maritus (“married, husband”) + -cide, from caedere (“to kill”).

Definitions

  1. The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.

    • Katherine Crockett failed to ignite the big solo in which the title character relishes the ax she will use to commit mariticide.

  2. A woman who has killed her husband.

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