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viricide

noun

Etymology

From Latin vir + -icide.

  1. derived from *wisós✻
  2. derived from *weizos✻
  3. derived from vīrus
  4. inherited from virus
  5. suffixed as viricide — “virus + icide”

Definitions

  1. Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

  2. The act of killing one's husband.

    • The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for viricide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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