| 释义 |
ˈsenicide rare.
[f. L. seni-, senex old man + -cide 2.]
The killing of the old men of a tribe, etc.
1889H. H. Johnston in Fortn. Rev. XLV. 24 Although they are never accused of superadding cannibalism to ‘senicide’, still the ancient Sardi of Sardinia regarded it as a sacred..duty for the young to kill their old relations. 1931R. R. Marett in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowledge 419 One must not make too much of the occasional cases of..senicide, namely, the putting away of the old. |