■ noun chiefly N. Amer. the killing of another human being.
↘ dated a murderer.
Derivatives
homicidal adjective
homicidally adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. homicidium , from homo , homin- 'man' + caedere 'to kill'.
■ noun chiefly N. Amer. the killing of another human being.
↘ dated a murderer.
Derivatives
homicidal adjective
homicidally adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. homicidium , from homo , homin- 'man' + caedere 'to kill'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004