deicidal
[deɪ(j)ɪˈsaɪdəɫ]
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to deicide.
Example Sentences
- "Early Christian doctrine professed that the Jews were a deicidal people, condemned by God to dispersion and suffering."
- ""How do you like that, you deicidal maniac? Huh? HUH? Now who's so big and tough?" "Dude, don't taunt the god-killing abomination.""
- "'Jerusalem overawes me' declared François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, even though this 'deicidal city' was 'a heap of rubbish' with the 'confused monuments of a cemetery in the middle of a desert'."
Etymology
From deicide + -al.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: [deɪ(j)ɪˈsaɪdəɫ]