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Matricide
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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matricide
1594, from Fr. matricide, from L. matricida "mother-killer," and matricidium "mother-killing," from mater "mother" + -cida "killer," and -cidium "a killing," from cadere "to slay" (see -cide).
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Medical Dictionary
matricide mat·ri·cide (māt'rĭ-sīd')
n.
The act of killing one's mother.
mat'ri·cid'al (-sīd'l) adj.
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