Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The killing of a wife by her spouse.
- noun One who kills one's wife.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who slays his wife.
- noun The killing of a wife by her husband.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The murder of a wife by her husband.
- noun One who murders his wife.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
murders his or herwife . - noun The murdering of one's own wife.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the murder of a wife by her husband
- noun a husband who murders his wife
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This haste was rather forced on the story because the centrepiece of the episode was to be the trial of Bates the valet, on charges of uxoricide, and, though the series has not always been a stickler for historical accuracy, most viewers would have known that the courts knock off over the holidays.
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In the archival materials available, uxoricide is not a fantasy but a real part of Italian Jewish life.
Italy, Early Modern. 2009
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Killing the owner of the uterus that is your only current chance to get your genes into the next generation the evolutionary imperative, especially if she is caring for your current children and has a father or brothers who take exception to your uxoricide, is an excellent way to a dead end personally and genealogically.
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D. 160, brought an action of uxoricide against Herodes, but failed to prove his case.
Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888
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Bangalore: An undertrial accused of uxoricide allegedly committed suicide in the Parappana Agrahara central jail on Wednesday night.
Analysis 2010
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Bangalore: An undertrial accused of uxoricide allegedly committed suicide in the Parappana Agrahara central jail on Wednesday night.
Analysis 2010
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Bangalore: A man was arrested for the November 2009 murder of his second wife, police said, adding that the accused committed uxoricide in a fit of rage after the woman had resisted his attempts for a physical relationship.
Analysis 2010
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I may only liken my state of mind to that so graphically described in the well-known and popular story of the uxoricide, Bluebeard, wherein it is told how the vigilant Anne stood on the outer ramparts straining her eyes in the direction whither succour might reasonably be expected to materialise, being deceived at least once by the dust cloud created by a flock of sheep, and tortured meantime by the melancholy accents of her sister, the present wife of the monster, who continually entreated to be told whether she, Anne, saw any one coming.
Fibble, D.D. Tony Sarg 1910
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So Jaded "> So Jaded said: At this point, really, anything could have happened, from stranger abduction to walkout to uxoricide ...
The Dreamin' Demon 2008
chained_bear commented on the word uxoricide
One who murders his wife; or, the murder of one's wife.
October 9, 2007
Logophile77 commented on the word uxoricide
What would be the murder of your husband?
January 10, 2018
bilby commented on the word uxoricide
15 to life.
January 10, 2018