Associations to the word «Infanticide»

Wiktionary

INFANTICIDE, noun. The murder of an infant.
INFANTICIDE, noun. The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
INFANTICIDE, noun. The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
INFANTICIDE, noun. (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

Dictionary definition

INFANTICIDE, noun. A person who murders an infant.
INFANTICIDE, noun. Murdering an infant.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats