Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aunticide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aun-ti-cide
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing of an aunt.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dear Aunt Louie:[…]Criticism on my part would be rather like aunticide would it not?"
"And then, as I say, in a fit of irritation he committed great-aunticide."
"Girl on the Run. By Hillary Waugh. Crime Club. $3.95. Philadelphia private eye (why fare so far?) gets summons from New Hampshire village to trail female tagged for aunticide; chase takes in Florida, Panama."
"After I composed myself, I considered matricide followed by cousin and aunticide."
"“[…]Filicide is killing a pastry.” Harriet shot me an incredulous look. “Killing a pastry? You’re kidding me.” I had a bit of a giggle over filo pastry. “I am,” I admitted. “That would be filocide. Filicide is killing a son or daughter.” For some reason my Aunt Millie popped into my mind. Was there an aunticide?"
"“Because I’ve got a score to settle, and I’m guessing my grandmother wouldn’t agree with what I’m about to do.” / Hepzibah cocked her head. “Sororicide? Aunticide? You don’t scare me, kid. Besides, you glanced on my death. You know how it’ll end.”"

Etymology

From aunt + -icide.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: aunt

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

avunculicide unclecide

Questions

What does aunticide mean?: The killing of an aunt.
Where does aunticide come from?: From aunt + -icide.

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