matricide
English
Etymology
From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricīdium (“the murder of one's mother”). Surface etymology is matri- + -cide.
Noun
matricide (countable and uncountable, plural matricides)
- The killing of one's mother.
- Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
- A person who kills his or her mother.
- Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.
Translations
killing of one's mother
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person who kills their mother
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