What does Matricide mean?
Definitions for Matricide
ˈmæ trɪˌsaɪd, ˈmeɪ-ma·t·ri·cide
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Princeton's WordNet
matricidenoun
a person who murders their mother
matricidenoun
the murder of your mother
Wiktionary
matricidenoun
The killing of one's mother.
Gerald committed matricide; he strangled his mother.
matricidenoun
A person who kills his or her mother.
Nancy was a matricide, it happened four years ago.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Matricidenoun
Etymology: matricidium, Latin.
Nature compensates the death of the father by the matricide and murther of the mother. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.
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Matricide
Matricide is the act of killing one's own mother.
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matricide
Matricide is the act of killing one's own mother. This term is often used in a legal or psychological context.
Webster Dictionary
Matricidenoun
the murder of a mother by her son or daughter
Matricidenoun
one who murders one's own mother
Etymology: [L. matricidium; mater mother + coedere to kill, slay: cf. F. matricide. See Mother, and cf. Homicide.]
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Matricide
Matricide is the act of killing one's mother.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Matricide
mat′ri-sīd, n. a murderer of one's own mother: the murder of one's own mother.—adj. Mat′ricidal [Fr.,—L. matricida, matricidium—mater, mother, cædĕre, to kill.]
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diametric
citramide
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Matricide in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Matricide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- قتل الأمArabic
- modermordDanish
- Muttermord, Muttermörder, MuttermörderinGerman
- μητροκτονία, μητροκτόνοςGreek
- matricidioSpanish
- äidinmurhaFinnish
- matricideFrench
- मातृहत्याHindi
- matricidioItalian
- マテリアイドJapanese
- mātricīda, mātricīdiumLatin
- matricideNorwegian
- matricídioPortuguese
- matricidRomanian
- матереуби́йство, матереуби́йцаRussian
- majkoubica, materoubistvo, majkoubistvo, materoubicaSerbo-Croatian
- modermördare, modermordSwedish
- МатрицяUkrainian
- ma trậnVietnamese
- 弑母Chinese
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