murder

English

/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɝ.dɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.
  • (countable) The act of deliberate killing of another person or other being without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
  • (uncountable) The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
  • (uncountable) Something terrible to endure.
  • (countable) A group of crows;

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English murder inherited from Old English morþor (secret slaying, death, unlawful killing, murder) inherited from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (murder, killing, death) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tro- (killing), *mer- (die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy), *mer- (die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mer-

Gloss

die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy

Concept
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Time

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

海

Emoji
🎲

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