Definition of MATRICIDE

matricide

Plural: matricides

Noun

  • a person who murders their mother
  • the murder of your mother
  • The killing of one's mother.
  • A person who kills his or her mother.

Examples

  • Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
  • Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.

Origin / Etymology

From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricīdium (“the murder of one's mother”). By surface analysis, matri- + -cide.

Scrabble Score: 14

matricide: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
matricide: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
matricide: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

matricide: valid Words With Friends Word