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▪ I. sororicide1|səˈrɔərɪsaɪd|
[ad. L. sorōricīda, f. soror sister + -cīdĕre: see -cide 1. Cf. F. sororicide.]
One who kills his (or her) sister.
1656Blount Glossogr., Sororicide, a murderer of his own sister. 1721in Bailey; and in later Dicts. 1881Philadel. Record No. 3411. 2 Intending sororicides will do well to get this formula fastened in their memories. 1892Besant Ivory Gate (1893) 195 If the envious man..denounces a man of reputation as..a patricide, a sororicide, amicocide.
▪ II. sororicide2|səˈrɔərɪsaɪd|
[ad. late L. sorōricīdium, f. soror + -cīdĕre: see -cide 2. Cf. F. sororicide.]
The action of killing one's sister.
1727Bailey (vol. II), Sororicide, the Killing of a Sister. 1875J. Hunter Man. Bee-keeping (1876) 115 The Workers prevent this sororicide by setting a guard over the unhatched Queens. 1889East. Morn. News 10 Apr. 3/2 Supposed shocking sororicide.
Hence sororiˈcidal a.
1878F. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood I. iii. 70 A quite unpremeditated inspiration..—to run away—probably alarmed my parents more than my sororicidal projects. |