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avunculicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
avun-culi-cide
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing of one's uncle.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”) + -icide.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

avunculicides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

aunticide filicide fratricide nepoticide patricide

Synonyms

unclecide

Questions

What does avunculicide mean?
The killing of one's uncle.
Where does avunculicide come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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