-icidalsuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: fratricidal adj.; suicidal adj.

Etymology: < -icidal (in fratricidal adj., suicidal adj., etc.); compare -i- connective and -cidal comb. form.Apparently earliest in the late 18th cent. in liberticidal adj. Compare earlier parricidal adj., regicidal adj., homicidal adj., suicidal adj.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that kills or destroys (the person or thing specified by the first element)’, as globulicidal adj., liberticidal adj., muricidal adj., etc.; = -cidal comb. form. Cf. -icide comb. form¹, -icide comb. form².

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-icidal
释义	-icidalsuffix Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: fratricidal adj.; suicidal adj. Etymology: < -icidal (in fratricidal adj., suicidal adj., etc.); compare -i- connective and -cidal comb. form.Apparently earliest in the late 18th cent. in liberticidal adj. Compare earlier parricidal adj., regicidal adj., homicidal adj., suicidal adj. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that kills or destroys (the person or thing specified by the first element)’, as globulicidal adj., liberticidal adj., muricidal adj., etc.; = -cidal comb. form. Cf. -icide comb. form¹, -icide comb. form². This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < suffix
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