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vaticide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vati-cide
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The murder of a prophet.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A murderer of a prophet.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin; the first element is vātēs. Equivalent to + -cide.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

vaticides (plural)

Derived Forms

vaticidal

Questions

What does vaticide mean?
The murder of a prophet.
Where does vaticide come from?
From Latin; the first element is vātēs. Equivalent to + -cide.

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