nepoticide

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /nəˈpɒtɪsaɪd/    美 /nəˈpɑtəsaɪd/|/-ɾə-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The killing of one's own nephew. countable,uncountable
    — The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
  2. One who kills his or her own nephew. countable
    — The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.

词形变化

nepoticides plural nepocide alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
nepoticidal
相关词
nepotism nepotist nepotistic avunculicide

词源

From Latin nepōs, nepōtis (“nephew”) + -cide.
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