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-icidecomb. form1 Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. liberticide n.2 and adj.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English -icide. Etymology: < -icide (in fratricide n.1, homicide n.2 and adj., etc.); compare -i- connective, -cide comb. form1.With Latin first elements from the mid 17th cent., e.g. famicide n., magistricide n. With English first elements from the mid 17th cent., e.g. parenticide n.1, modernicide n. Applied from the 19th cent. onwards to preparations destructive of animal or vegetable life, as fungicide n., germicide n. and adj., insecticide n.1, pesticide n. Occasionally found in humorous ad hoc formations, as birdicide n.2 This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020). -icidecomb. form2Primary stress is either retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element or attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form. Vowels may be reduced accordingly. See e.g. acaricide n.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English -icide. Etymology: < -icide (in fratricide n.2, homicide n.1, etc.); compare -i- connective, -cide comb. form2.With Latin first elements from the mid 17th cent., e.g. episcopicide n., feticide n. With English first elements from the mid 17th cent., e.g. parenticide n.2, insecticide n.2 Occasionally found in humorous ad hoc formations, as deericide n. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020). <  comb. form1comb. form2 |