Almost every type of killing can be described in a single word such as suicide, parricide, genocide, etc.
Is there such a term for killing a cousin specifically?
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Almost every type of killing can be described in a single word such as suicide, parricide, genocide, etc.
Is there such a term for killing a cousin specifically?
Best Answer
To my knowledge, there is no such accepted term. As Josh points out, parricide can be used to refer to any close relationship, though the main sense is that of killing a parent (i.e., patricide and/or matricide).
For lack of an accepted, specific term, you could use one of two fairly rare, but etymologically sound, neologisms that have been coined:
These are derived from Latin (con)sobrīnus ‘mother’s sister’s child’ and patruelis ‘father’s brother’s child’. To anyone with decent Latin skills, they should be self-explanatory and obvious, though they probably won’t be to others; and no dictionary that I could find has included the words (yet).