About The Word Infanticide
Learn about the word Infanticide to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Infanticide definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Infanticide
| Infanticide Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Infanticide?
[n] murdering an infant
[n] a person who murders an infant Synonyms | Synonyms for Infanticide: Related Terms | Find terms related to Infanticide: See Also | execution | homicide | liquidator | manslayer | murder | murderer | slaying Infanticide In Webster's Dictionary \In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticidium child murder;
infans, -antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide.
See {Infant}, and {Homicide}.]
The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of
a newly born or young child; child murder.
\In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticida: cf. F. infanticide.] One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Trustee-beneficiary relation ‐ the responsibility of a trustee to act in the best interests…
- Disjointedness ‐ lacking order or…
- Hard-to-please(a) ‐ of persons; "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster"; "was…
- Radioactive waste ‐ useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory…
- Inclementness ‐ weather unsuitable for outdoor…
- Atmospheric pressure ‐ the pressure exerted by the…
- Patriarchal ‐ characteristic of a…
- Brickwork ‐ masonry done with bricks…
- Sedateness ‐ a trait of dignified…
- Kalian ‐ a pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where…