matricidaladj.

Brit.

/ˌmatrᵻˈsʌɪdl/, U.S.

/ˈˌmætrəˈˌsaɪd(ə)l/,

/ˈˌmeɪtrəˈˌsaɪd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: matri- comb. form, -cidal comb. form.

Etymology: < matri- comb. form + -cidal comb. form, after matricide n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin matricidalis (12th cent. in a British source).

That kills his or her mother; of or belonging to a matricide.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adjective] > of relative > of mother

viperous1561

matricidal1812

1812 J. Galt Clytemnestra i. i, in Tragedies 217 Orestes must his destiny fulfil. Tremendous destiny! that gives my hand The matricidal knife!

1839 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1860) ii. 17 The matricidal hands of the metropolitan of all England..were in our own days irreverently laid on her prebendal stalls.

1861 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops I. v. 235 A scheme most deadly, serpentine, and even matricidal.

?1900 Mrs. J. R. Holden Neutral Nations 10 Better far that those who had once called her ‘mother’, should meet their deserved punishment from the flail of the Iroquois, than that she should be forced to enter into a matricidal war.

1969 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Jan. 40/1 In two of these books matricidal small boys play a prominent part.

1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae xviii. 480 Dostoyevsky's Raskolnikov, who takes up the matricidal ax in a motiveless trance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matricidal
释义	matricidaladj. Brit. /ˌmatrᵻˈsʌɪdl/, U.S. /ˈˌmætrəˈˌsaɪd(ə)l/, /ˈˌmeɪtrəˈˌsaɪd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: matri- comb. form, -cidal comb. form. Etymology: < matri- comb. form + -cidal comb. form, after matricide n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin matricidalis (12th cent. in a British source). That kills his or her mother; of or belonging to a matricide. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adjective] > of relative > of mother viperous1561 matricidal1812 1812 J. Galt Clytemnestra i. i, in Tragedies 217 Orestes must his destiny fulfil. Tremendous destiny! that gives my hand The matricidal knife! 1839 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1860) ii. 17 The matricidal hands of the metropolitan of all England..were in our own days irreverently laid on her prebendal stalls. 1861 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops I. v. 235 A scheme most deadly, serpentine, and even matricidal. ?1900 Mrs. J. R. Holden Neutral Nations 10 Better far that those who had once called her ‘mother’, should meet their deserved punishment from the flail of the Iroquois, than that she should be forced to enter into a matricidal war. 1969 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Jan. 40/1 In two of these books matricidal small boys play a prominent part. 1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae xviii. 480 Dostoyevsky's Raskolnikov, who takes up the matricidal ax in a motiveless trance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1812
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