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prettygoodwordTheme week: feeling a little less -cidal. That is, killings that are somehow a diminishment of a (usually better-known) killing word.
hericide (HER-i-seyed) - n., the killing of a lord or master.
As opposed to a regicide, the killing of a king. Not much call for either of those in a democratic society, but the royal version does have notable history.
---L.
hericide (HER-i-seyed) - n., the killing of a lord or master.
As opposed to a regicide, the killing of a king. Not much call for either of those in a democratic society, but the royal version does have notable history.
---L.
