stillicide
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A continual falling or succession of drops.
- noun In Roman law: The right to have the rain from one's roof drop on another's land or roof.
- noun The right to refuse to allow the rain from another's roof to drop on one's own land or roof.
Examples
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Once I could shed tears — now my brain burns to madness, and the soothing stillicide of unutterable grief no longer washes my haggard cheeks.
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One whole delicious hour this morning, did my Agnes rest on my shoulder, while I held it for her perusal; and I kissed, unreproved, the sweet stillicide off her glowing cheeks, at every sentence of tenderness, from her respectable friend.
Note
The word 'stillicide' comes from Latin words meaning 'drop' and 'fall'.
