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- pronunciation:
- re
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saId
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the murder of a king.
Many around the young king feared that the nobles were plotting regicide. |
| definition 2: |
the murderer of a king.
Like his father, Hamlet is a regicide. |
adjective + (n.)regicide
addled, eloquent, murdered, noble, sacrificial, would-be
verb + (n.)regicide
dramatize, entertain, gamble, stab
noun + (n.)regicide
assassin, exhortation, gallows, instance, letter, peace, revolt, suicide, unconscious
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| derivation: |
regicidal (adj.) |
The word regicide
contains the following parts:
cis, cid1, -cide
Latin
root
that means to cut, to kill
  Example words:
bactericide, concise, decide, decision, decisive, ecocide, excise, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, herbicide, homicide, incision, incisive, incisor, infanticide, insecticide, matricide, parricide, patricide, precise, precision, regicide, suicide, tyrannicide, vermicide
reg, rect, rig1
Latin
root
that means king, rule, guide; straight
Example words:
correct, corrigible, direct, direction, director, dirigible, erect, incorrigible, irregular, rectangle, rectify, rectitude, rector, regal, regalia, regent, regicide, regime, regimen, regiment, region, regular, regulate, regulation
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