prolicide

[proh-luh-sahyd]

noun

1. the killing of one's child.

Other Word Forms

• prolicidal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of prolicide¹

1835–45; < Medieval Latin prōli- (combining form representing Latin prōlēs offspring; proletary ) + -cide

Example Sentences

The Dollanger books, which feature almost every kind of forbidden act you can think of, from attempted matricide to prolicide to every iteration of incest imaginable, offer a shocking but necessary way into that inky, gory, and deeply human psychological underworld.

From The Guardian

The inevitable next move for Murdoch is prolicide.

From The Guardian

Associated words: pediatrics, prolicide, infanticide, puberty, philoprogenitive, philoprogenitiveness, misopedia, filicide, putti, filial, filiation, affiliation, affiliate. childbirth, n. parturition, accouchement, childbed, lying-in, travail, labor, childbearing.

From Project Gutenberg