INFANTICIDE


Meaning of INFANTICIDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈfan-tə-ˌsīd ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant-, infans + -i- + -cidium -cide

Date: 1611

1. : the killing of an infant

2.

[Late Latin infanticida, from Latin infant-, infans + -i- + -cida -cide]

: one who kills an infant

• in·fan·ti·ci·dal -ˌfan-tə-ˈsī-d ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.