vulpicide
/ˈvʌlpɪsaɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Some of the foxes found dead on railway lines, by the way, have been put there after death by vulpicides."
- "‘Seven months I've been worriting my guts out in London, and all on the off-chance of getting a seat in the office of that sanctimonious old vulpicide.’"
- "[…]he who brought in the head of a wolf or a fox was entitled to a reward, for the crime of vulpicide, so justly odious in the nineteenth century, was actually encouraged in the dark ages!"
- "Nowhere is the crime of vulpicide more odious. An ardent sportsman, not many years since, is said at some public meeting to have thus tersely expressed himself:—‘Sir, I believe that a man who would kill a fox would kill his own father.’ This may appear strong language, but it shows the detestation in which the offence is held."
- "Prove by the rules of Aristotle “that vulpicide is murder,” and is punishable accordingly by the laws of Squirearchy."
Etymology
From Latin vulpēs or vulpis (“fox”) + -cide.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vulpēs