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murder one's darlings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
mur-der one's -dar-lings
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of kill one's darlings.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Possibly first used by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) during a series of lectures at the University of Cambridge, later published in book form.

Inflected Forms

murders one's darlings (present, singular) murdering one's darlings (participle, present) murdered one's darlings (participle, past) murdered one's darlings (past)

Questions

What does murder one's darlings mean?
Alternative form of kill one's darlings.
Where does murder one's darlings come from?
Possibly first used by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) during a series of lectures at the University of Cambridge, later published in book form.

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