Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-murder

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: self---mur-der
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"My mind being by these means grown as desperate as my fortune, there was scarce a wickedness which I did not meditate, in order for my relief. Self-murder itself became the subject of my serious deliberation; and I had certainly resolved on it, had not a more shameful, though perhaps less sinful, thought expelled it from my head."

Etymology

From self- + murder, perhaps continuing Middle English *self-murther, from Old English selfmyrþere (“one who kills himself, a suicide”). Compare German Selbstmord, Dutch zelfmoord, Swedish självmord.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: self-
Root: *self-murther, selfmyrþere

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-murders (plural)

Questions

What does self-murder mean?: Suicide.
Where does self-murder come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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