UXORICIDE


Meaning of UXORICIDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌək-ˈsȯr-ə-ˌsīd, -ˈsär-; ˌəg-ˈzȯr-, -ˈzär- ]

noun

Date: 1733

1.

[Medieval Latin uxoricidium, from Latin uxor wife + -i- + -cidium -cide]

: murder of a wife by her husband

2.

[Latin uxor + English -i- + -cide ]

: a man who murders his wife

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