Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

axe murderer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: ax-e -mur-der-er
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe.

noun

Any incredibly dangerous person.

Example Sentences

"I'll text you after my date is over so you know he wasn't an axe murderer."

Etymology

From axe + murderer. It may possibly have entered the lexicon after the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa, which happened in 1912.

Inflected Forms

axe murderers (plural) axe-murderer (alternative)

Questions

What does axe murderer mean?: Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe.
Where does axe murderer come from?: From axe + murderer. It may possibly have entered the lexicon after the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa, which happened in 1912.

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