• Hosticide

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈhostáµ»sʌɪd/
    • US IPA: /ˈhÉ’stəˌsaɪd/
    • Hyphenation: hos + ti + cide

    Origin

    From Latin hostis ("enemy") + English -cide or Latin caedere ("to kill").

    Full definition of hosticide

    Noun

    hosticide

    (uncountable)
    1. The act of killing an enemy.
      • 1666, William Austin, Ἐπιλοιμια ἐπη. Or, the Anatomy of the Pestilence, page 92:VVith vinegar make Å¿pear the Å¿poil divide,
    And lancepreſado be to hoſticide:
      • 1822, Robert Carr, Blighted Ambition, page 352:how can I be safe when so many are privy to our hosticide, as your Lordship terms the death of Overbury.
      • 1888, W. H. Bakewell, Vision of Faith in the Dream of Time, page 187:Oh let me in, or witness suicide,
        Or see me turn on thee a hosticide!
      • 2014, William Walker, Antiformalist, Unrevolutionary, Illiberal Milton, page 12:For the argument that Milton advocated not regicide but tyrannicide and hosticide, see also Dzelzainis, 'Milton and the Regicide'.
      • 2015, Alexander Raju, And Still Plays the Abyssinian Damsel on her Dulcimer, page 240:I was curious about the fate of Ras Mikael who came to the palace of lyoas as a guest and committed the hosticide.
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