2. [L. matricida: cf. F. matricide.] One who murders one's own mother. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
matricide — 1. (ma tri si d ) s. m. et f. Celui, celle qui a tué sa mère. On dit plutôt, même en parlant d une mère, parricide : le parricide Oreste. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. matricida, de mater, mère, et caedere, tuer. SUPPLÉMENT AU DICTIONNAIRE 1. MATRICIDE.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
matricide — mat·ri·cide / ma trə ˌsīd/ n [Latin matricidium, from matr mater mother + cidium killing] 1: the murder of a mother by her son or daughter 2 [Latin matricida, from matr + cida killer]: a person who murders his or her mother Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
matricide — (n.) 1590s, action of killing one s mother, from Fr. matricide, from L. matricida mother killer, and matricidium mother killing, from comb. form of mater mother (see MOTHER (Cf. mother) (n.1)) + cida killer, and cidium … Etymology dictionary
matricide — ► NOUN 1) the killing of one s mother. 2) a person who kills their mother. DERIVATIVES matricidal adjective. ORIGIN from Latin mater mother + cidium killing … English terms dictionary
matricide — [ma′trə sīd΄, mā′trə sīd΄] n. [L matricidium < mater, MOTHER1 + caedere, to kill: see CIDE] 1. the act of murdering one s mother 2. [L matricida] a person who does this matricidal adj … English World dictionary
matricide — 1. matricide [ matrisid ] n. • 1580; lat. matricida ♦ Rare Personne qui a tué sa mère. ⇒ 1. parricide. Adjt Enfant matricide. matricide 2. matricide [ matrisid ] n. m. • 1521; lat. matricidium ♦ Rare Crime de la personne qui a tué sa mère. ⇒ 2.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Matricide — Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William Adolphe Bouguereau. Clytemnestra was murdered by Orestes and the Furies torment him for his crime … Wikipedia
matricide — See patricide. See patricide, parricide, matricide … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
matricide — ma·tri·cide || meɪtrɪsaɪd n. murder of one s mother, one who commits matricide … English contemporary dictionary
matricide — noun Date: 1594 1. [Latin matricidium, from matr + cidium cide] murder of a mother by her son or daughter 2. [Latin matricida, from matr + cida cide] one that murders his or her mother • matricidal adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
