mariticide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
  2. A woman who has killed her husband.

Word forms

mariticide mariticides

Etymology

From Latin maritus (“married, husband”) + -cide, from caedere (“to kill”).

Related words

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