sororiciden.1
/səˈrɔːrɪsʌɪd/ One who kills his (or her) sister.
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the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > of relatives > of sister
sororicide1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sororicide, a murderer of his own sister.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ; and in later Dicts.
1881 Philadel. Record No. 3411. 2 Intending sororicides will do well to get this formula fastened in their memories.
1892 W. Besant Ivory Gate (1893) 195 If the envious man..denounces a man of reputation as..a patricide, a sororicide, amicocide.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
sororiciden.2
/səˈrɔːrɪsʌɪd/ The action of killing one's sister.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [noun] > of relative > of sister
sororicide1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Sororicide, the Killing of a Sister.
1875 J. Hunter Man. Bee-keeping (1876) 115 The Workers prevent this sororicide by setting a guard over the unhatched Queens.
1889 East. Morning News 10 Apr. 3/2 Supposed shocking sororicide.
Derivatives
sororiˈcidal adj.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adjective] > of relative > of sister
sororicidal1878
1878 F. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood I. iii. 70 A quite unpremeditated inspiration..—to run away—probably alarmed my parents more than my sororicidal projects.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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