uxoricide

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A strange tale of reincarnation, cross dressing, and uxoricide,

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  1. noun The killing of a wife by her husband.
  2. noun A man who kills his wife.

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  • A strange tale of reincarnation, cross dressing, and uxoricide, —  The Blue Lagoon: a romance
  • D. 160, brought an action of uxoricide against Herodes, but failed to prove his case. —  Pagan and Christian Rome
  • So Jaded "> So Jaded said: At this point, really, anything could have happened, from stranger abduction to walkout to uxoricide ... —  The Dreamin' Demon
  • I may only liken my state of mind to that so graphically described in the well-known and popular story of the uxoricide, Bluebeard, wherein it is told how the vigilant Anne stood on the outer ramparts straining her eyes in the direction whither succour might reasonably be expected to materialise, being deceived at least once by the dust cloud created by a flock of sheep, and tortured meantime by the melancholy accents of her sister, the present wife of the monster, who continually entreated to be told whether she, Anne, saw any one coming. —  Fibble, D.D.
 

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  1. Medieval Latin uxōricīdium : Latin uxor, wife + Latin -cīdium, -cide.

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  1. from Latin uxor, a wife, + -cida, from cædere, kill.
  2. from Latin uxor, a wife, + -cidium, from cædere, slay.
 

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/əkˈsoʊrɪsaɪd/
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