canicidal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining or inclined to canicide.
Example Sentences
- "The canicidal properties of this modern reviver of the Cynophontis [a festival in Argos where dogs were killed] are well known."
- "Dog Mutton.—The Journal of Commerce, world-renowned for its canicidal propensities, seems ambitious of an equally wide-spread canivorous reputation. It is not enough for that print that poor Tray be killed—it wants him to be eaten as well."
- "Echoing the canine theme of the new Mexican hit Amores Perros, Bong Joon-ho’s Barking Dogs Never Bite is a dark, twisted comedy about a deadbeat college lecturer who becomes obsessed with the relentless yapping of a neighbor’s pooch — and sets out to silence the animal once and for all. Set in a high-rise Seoul apartment building, the film is one of several canicidal tales featured in this year’s festival."
Etymology
From canicide + -al.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more canicidal (comparative)
most canicidal (superlative)