|
|
Definition of Matricidal
1. a. Of or pertaining to matricide.
Definition of Matricidal
1. Adjective. Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matricidal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matricidal
Literary usage of Matricidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"As when one fair land Saw, North and South, her bright-armed myriads stand, Saw
herself rent in twain by matricidal hand. ..."
2. The Shakespeare reader: with notes, historical and grammatical by W.S. Dalgleish by William Shakespeare (1871)
"The soul of Nero—The matricidal spirit. Nero, discovering that hia mother Agrippina
was plotting against him, caused her to be put to death. 393. ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"He, to avenge his father's blood outpoured, Shall smite and slay with matricidal
hand. Ay, he shall come—tho' far away he roam, A banished wanderer in a ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"And in her heaving bosom fix Thy matricidal fang f Thou shouldst around her
fourscore years Have bent with hovering care, Who steadfast at thy cradle ..."
Other Resources:
