uxoricide

American

[uhk-sawr-uh-sahyd, -sohr-, uhg-zawr-, -zohr-] / ʌkˈsɔr əˌsaɪd, -ˈsoʊr-, ʌgˈzɔr-, -ˈzoʊr- /

noun

the act of murdering one's wife.
a man who murders his wife.

uxoricide British

/ ʌkˈsɔːrɪˌsaɪd /

noun

the act of killing one's wife
a man who kills his wife

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Other Word Forms

uxoricidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of uxoricide

1855–60; < Latin ūxor wife + -i- + -cide

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It isn't uxoricide or sheep-stealing—not to know Melville—but it's the deadly sin of ingratitude.

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