mariticide

== English == === Etymology === From Latin maritus (“married, husband”) +‎ -cide, from caedere (“to kill”). === Noun === mariticide (countable and uncountable, plural mariticides) The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife. (countable) A woman who has killed her husband. ==== Usage notes ==== The more common term for the murder of a wife by her husband is uxoricide. ==== Synonyms ==== (the killing of one’s husband): husbandicide, viricide ==== Related terms ==== mariticidal ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== uxoricide mariticide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia