sororicide

(sə rôrə sīd′)

noun

  1. Origin: LL sororicidium < L soror, sister + caedere, to strike, kill

    the act of murdering one's own sister
  2. Origin: L sororicida

    a person who does this

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See sororicide in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The killing of one's sister.
  2. One who kills one's own sister.

Origin:

Origin: Latin soror, sister; see swesor- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -cide

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Related Forms:

  • so·rorˌi·cidˈal (-sīdˈl) adjective
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