murther
English
Noun
murther (plural murthers)
- Obsolete form of murder.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
- Murther most foul, as in the best it is; / But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.
Verb
murther (third-person singular simple present murthers, present participle murthering, simple past and past participle murthered)
- Obsolete form of murder.
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- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
- What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murther me?
Derived terms
- murtherer (obsolete)
- murtherous (obsolete)