Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magnicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mag-ni-cide
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The assassination of a major political figure.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin magnus (“great, important”) + -cide.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: magnus
Suffix: cide

Usage

Inflected Forms

magnicides (plural)

Questions

What does magnicide mean?: The assassination of a major political figure.
Where does magnicide come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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