verbicide

pronunciation

How to pronounce verbicide in British English: UK ['vɜ:bɪsaɪd]word uk audio image

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Word Origin

verbicide (n.)
"the killing of a word" by perversion from its original meaning, 1836, from Latin verbum "word" (see verb) + -cide.