matricide

[ ma-tri-sahyd, mey- ]

/ ˈmæ trɪˌsaɪd, ˈmeɪ- /

noun

the act of killing one's mother.

a person who kills his or her mother.

Words nearby matricide

matriarchate, matriarchy, matric, matrical, matrices, matricide, matriclinous, matricliny, matriculant, matriculate, matriculation

Origin of matricide

1585–95; < Latin mātricīdium (def 1), mātricīda (def 2); see matri-, -cide

OTHER WORDS FROM matricide

mat·ri·cid·al, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH matricide

matricide parricide patricide

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Examples from the Web for matricide

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|DAILY BEAST
Erinnyes—Ay, rely on dead men's aid, When guilty of matricide!
Woman under socialism|August Bebel
New York and New Yorkers have been foremost in coming to the rescue when the matricide rebels dealt their first blow.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863|Adam Gurowski
Woman is invulnerable; matricide is deemed the most dreadful crime that calls upon all men for vengeance.
Woman and Socialism|August Bebel

He might, they told him, save her by his presence; and he exclaimed: 'Not to go to my mother would be matricide!'
The Wandering Jew, Complete|Eugene Sue
Absolution to any parricide, matricide, or fratricide, for three ducats.
Faustus|Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger

British Dictionary definitions for matricide

matricide

/ (ˈmætrɪˌsaɪd, ˈmeɪ-) /

noun

the act of killing one's own mother

a person who kills his mother

Derived forms of matricide

matricidal, adjective

Word Origin for matricide

C16: from Latin mātrīcīdium (the act), mātrīcīda (the agent). See matri-, -cide

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Medicine definitions for matricide

matricide

[ măt′rĭ-sīd′ ]

n.

The act of killing one's mother.

Other words from matricide

mat′ri•cid′al (-sīd′l) adj.