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Webster 1913 Edition

Matricide

Mat′ri-cide

,
Noun.
[L.
matricidium
;
mater
mother +
coedere
to kill, slay: cf. F.
matricide
. See
Mother
, and cf.
Homicide
.]
1.
The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
2.
[L.
matricida
: cf. F.
matricide
.]
One who murders one’s own mother.

Webster 1828 Edition

Matricide

MAT'RICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. matricidium; mater, mother, and coedo, to slay.]
1.
The killing or murder of a mother.
2.
The killer or murderer of his mother.

Definition 2024

matricide

matricide

English

Noun

matricide ‎(countable and uncountable, plural matricides)

  1. The killing of one's mother.
    Gerald committed matricide; he strangled his mother.
  2. A person who kills his or her mother.
    Nancy was a matricide, it happened four years ago.

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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.

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