uxoricide
/ʌkˈsɔːrɪsaɪd/noun
उच्चारण अक्सॉरिसाइड
पत्नी की हत्या; पत्नी का हत्यारा
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Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[U, C] formal
the crime of killing your wife; a man who kills his wife
पत्नी की हत्या; पत्नी का हत्यारा
- He was convicted of uxoricide.
- In legal textbooks, uxoricide is classed as a form of murder.
- The law treats uxoricide as a serious form of murder.
+ 2 more examples
- The old book defines uxoricide in a footnote.
- The play centres on a case of uxoricide in a royal family.
AaSpelling
ux·or·i·cide
With -ori- (not 'uxercide').
बीच में -ori- ('uxercide' गलत है)।
⌂Word origin and word building
Uxor is Latin for wife, as in uxorious (excessively fond of one's wife).
Uxor Latin में पत्नी है, uxorious (पत्नी पर अत्यधिक आसक्त) की तरह।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: killing one's wife is uxoricide; husband mariticide; father patricide; mother matricide; brother fratricide; sister sororicide; child filicide; king regicide; infant infanticide.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: पत्नी की हत्या uxoricide; पति की mariticide; पिता की patricide; माता की matricide; भाई की fratricide; बहन की sororicide; संतान की filicide; राजा की regicide; शिशु की infanticide।