matricide
the act of killing one's mother.
a person who kills their mother.
Origin of matricide
1Other words from matricide
- mat·ri·cid·al, adjective
Words that may be confused with matricide
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How to use matricide in a sentence
If I had put “matricide” on the Internet right after I had finished it, you would not be interviewing me right now.
Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life | David Yaffe | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had to pass sentence of death upon an atrocious scoundrel convicted of matricide.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. | Sir Leslie StephenWhen Seneca sanctioned, and then defended on political grounds, the matricide of Nero, from that moment his own doom was sealed.
Roman Mosaics | Hugh MacmillanIt must be confessed that a great deal of the peculiar guilt of matricide evaporates in the process of explanation.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 | Lucian of SamosataWoman is invulnerable; matricide is deemed the most dreadful crime that calls upon all men for vengeance.
Woman and Socialism | August Bebel
Nero's matricide was not a crime, in so far as it was a positive outward act.
Short Studies on Great Subjects | James Anthony Froude
British Dictionary definitions for matricide
/ (ˈmætrɪˌsaɪd, ˈmeɪ-) /
the act of killing one's own mother
a person who kills his mother
Origin of matricide
1Derived forms of matricide
- matricidal, adjective
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