mariticide

English

Etymology

From Latin maritus (“married, husband”) +‎ -cide, from caedere (“to kill”).

Noun

mariticide (plural mariticides)

1. The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
2. A woman who has killed her husband.

Usage notes

• The more common term for the murder of a wife by her husband is uxoricide.

Synonyms

• (the killing of one’s husband): viricide

Derived terms

• mariticidal

Translations

the killing of one's husband

• Finnish: miehenmurha
• Ido: spozocido, spozulocido
• Russian: мужеуби́йство (ru) n (mužeubíjstvo)

a woman who kills her husband

• Finnish: miehenmurhaaja
• Russian: мужеуби́йца (ru) f (mužeubíjca)

a man who kills his wife — see uxoricide

See also

• uxoricide
• mariticide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia