Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-FANT'I-CIDE
IN-FANT'I-CIDE, n. [Low L. infanticidium; infans, an infant, and cædo, to kill.]
- The intentional killing of an infant.
- The slaughter of infants by Herod. Matth. ii.
- A slayer of infants.
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