uxoricidal

Variant of uxoricide

uxoricide definition

ux·ori·cide (uk sôr′ə sīd′, -zôr′-)

noun

  1. the murder of a wife by her husband
  2. a man who murders his wife

Etymology: < L uxor, wife (see uxorious) + -cide

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