Hosticide
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈhostᵻsʌɪd/
- US IPA: /ˈhɒstəˌsaɪd/
- Hyphenation: hos + ti + cide
Origin
From Latin hostis ("enemy") + English -cide or Latin caedere ("to kill").
Full definition of hosticide
Noun
hosticide
(uncountable)- The act of killing an enemy.
- 1666, William Austin, Ἐπιλοιμια á¼Ï€Î·. Or, the Anatomy of the Pestilence, page 92:VVith vinegar make Å¿pear the Å¿poil divide,
- 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.