Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The crime of destroying one's offspring, either before or after birth; feticide or infanticide.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
crime ofdestroying one'soffspring , either in thewomb or afterbirth .
Etymologies
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Latin proles offspring + caedere to kill.
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Examples
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Screams of, "I DON'T WANT TO WASH MY FACE!!!!" accompanied fits and a thrashing about of the upper body so vigorous that any casual bystander could easily fear it was a dramatic prolicide.
Irish Blogs 2009
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