matricide

Definition

The killing of one's mother.

Etymology

From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricīdium (“the murder of one's mother”). By surface analysis, matri- + -cide.

Example Sentences

• "Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother."
• "Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago."

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