INFANTICIDE


Meaning of INFANTICIDE in English

/ ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd; NAmE / noun ( formal )

1.

[ U , C ] the crime of killing a baby; a person who is guilty of this crime

2.

[ U ] (in some cultures) the practice of killing babies that are not wanted, for example because they are girls and not boys

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: via French from late Latin infanticidium , from Latin infant- (unable to speak, from in- not + fant- speaking) + -cidium (from caedere kill).

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