verbicide

[ vur-buh-sahyd ]

noun
  1. the willful distortion or depreciation of the original meaning of a word.

  2. a person who willfully distorts the meaning of a word.

Origin of verbicide

1
First recorded in 1855–60; from Latin verb(um) “word” + -i- + -cide

Words Nearby verbicide

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