Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-li-cide
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.

Uncountable

noun

One who commits prolicide.

Countable

Example Sentences

"PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant."
"Perhaps they had accommodated the foregoing statement to the casuistical axiom, non homo est, qui non futurus est, which is a very agreeable one to prolicides."

Etymology

From Latin prōlēs (“offspring”) + -cide.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: prōlēs
Suffix: cide

Usage

Inflected Forms

prolicides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

filicide infanticide neonaticide abortion

Questions

What does prolicide mean?: The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
Where does prolicide come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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