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Definition of matricide noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

matricide

noun
 
/ˈmætrɪsaɪd/
 
/ˈmætrɪsaɪd/
 [uncountable, countable] (formal)
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  1. the crime of killing your mother; a person who is guilty of this crime compare fratricide, parricide, patricideTopics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin matricidium, from mater, matr- ‘mother’ + -cidium, from caedere ‘kill’.
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