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From conjug(al) + -icide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The act of killing one's spouse with the intention of then marrying someone else (sometimes taken to also include the act of killing another person's spouse with the intention of then marrying that person). Full definition →
From conjug(al) + -icide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.