Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム
URL:

Jump to content
WiktionaryThe Free Dictionary
Search

murder

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also:Murder

English

[edit]
EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

FromMiddle Englishmurder,murdre,mourdre, alteration of earliermurthre(“murder”) (seemurther), fromOld Englishmorþor(“secret slaying, unlawful killing”) andOld Englishmyrþra(“murder, homicide”), both fromProto-West Germanic*morþr, fromProto-Germanic*murþrą(“death, killing, murder”), fromProto-Indo-European*mr̥tro-(“killing”), fromProto-Indo-European*mer-,*mor-,*mr̥-(“to die”). Akin toGothic𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂(maurþr,“murder”),Old High Germanmord(“murder”),Old Norsemorð(“murder”),Old Englishmyrþrian(“to murder”) andmorþ.

The-d- in theMiddle English form may have been influenced in part byAnglo-Normanmurdre, fromOld Frenchmurdre, fromMedieval Latinmurdrum (whence the Englishdoublet ofmurdrum), fromFrankish*morþr,*murþr(“murder”), from the sameGermanic root, though this may also have been wholly the result of internal development (compareburden, fromburthen).

(crows): Attested at least since 1475.(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

murder (countable anduncountable,pluralmurders)

  1. (uncountable) Thecrime ofkilling apersonunlawfully, especially withpredetermination.
    The defendant was charged withmurder.
    • 1971,Lyndon Johnson, “"I feel like I have already been here a year"”, inThe Vantage Point‎[1],Holt, Reinhart & Winston,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page25:
      One of the most urgent tasks facing me after 1 assumed office was to assure the country that everything possible was being done to uncover the truth surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. John Kennedy had beenmurdered, and a troubled, puzzled, and outraged nation wanted to know the facts.
    • 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, inThe Guardian:
      Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for themurder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.
    • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
      Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is thatmurder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
    1. (uncountable, law, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing orabetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless ofintent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person:felony murder.
  2. (countable) The act ofkilling aperson (or sometimes anotherbeing) unlawfully, especially withpredetermination
    There have been ten unsolvedmurders this year alone.
    • 1927,F. E. Penny, chapter 4, inPulling the Strings:
      The case was that of amurder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
    • 1984, Humphrey Carpenter, Mari Prichard,The Oxford companion to children's literature, page275:
      It may be guessed, indeed, that this was the original form of the story, the fairy being the addition of those who considered Jack's thefts from (andmurder of) the giant to be scarcely justified without her.
    • 1997,George Carlin,Brain Droppings‎[2],New York:Hyperion Books,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,→OL,page177:
      Life is cheap, never forget it. Corporations make marketing decisions by weighing the cost of being sued for your death against the cost of making the product safer. Your life is a factor in cost-effectiveness. So when you talk aboutmurder, don't confine your discussion to individuals.
    • 2003, Paul Ruditis,Star Trek Voyager: Companion,→ISBN, page131:
      Captain Sulu, who served under the legendary James T. Kirk for many years, disobeys Starfleet orders in order to try and help Kirk and another old shipmate, Dr. McCoy, who have been imprisoned for themurder of the Klingon chancellor.
    • 2011, Carlene Brennen,Hemingway's Cats,→ISBN, page161:
      Dr. Herrera also knew Hemingway had held Batista's army personally responsible for the brutalmurders of his dogs, Blackie (Black Dog) and Machakos.
  3. (uncountable, used as a predicative noun) Somethingterrible toendure.
    This headache ismurder.
  4. (countable, collective) A group ofcrows;thecollective noun forcrows.
    • 1995,Deepak Chopra,The Return of Merlin: A Novel,→ISBN, page108:
      For his part, Melchior was growing unhappy with themurder of crows. They had been patiently following Arthur for hours, trailing him from town to country.
    • 2001,Daniel Handler,The Vile Village,→ISBN, page76:
      Without themurder of crows roosting in its branches, Nevermore Tree looked as bare as a skeleton.
  5. (dated slang) Something remarkable or impressive.
    • 1946,Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow,Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, inReally the Blues, New York, N.Y.:Random House,book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple),page230:
      Right quick another cat spoke up real loud, saying, “That’smurder man, reallymurder,” and his eyes were signifying too.
    • 1956,Cyril Hume,Forbidden Planet:
      Altaira Morbius: [swimming in a pool] Come on in.
      Commander Adams: I didn't bring my bathing suit.
      Altaira Morbius: What's a bathing suit?
      Commander Adams: [quickly turning his back] Oh,murder!
  6. (nonstandard) amurderer

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Collocations

[edit]
Collocations

Translations

[edit]
an act of deliberate killing
the crime of deliberate killing
terrible to endure
flock of crows
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked

Verb

[edit]

murder (third-person singular simple presentmurders,present participlemurdering,simple past and past participlemurdered)

  1. To illegallykill(a person or persons) with intent, especially withpredetermination
    The woman found dead in her kitchen wasmurdered by her husband.
    • 1577,Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, inThe Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison,→OCLC,page26, columns1–2:
      In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruellymurthered.
  2. (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) Todefeatdecisively.
    Our team is going tomurder them.
  3. (figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) Tokick someone's ass orchew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
    He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'llmurder him!
  4. Tobotch ormangle.
    • 1892, William Shepard Walsh,Handy-book of Literary Curiosities‎[3], page293:
      Dr. Caius, the Frenchman in the play, and Evans the Welshman, "Gallia et Guallia," succeed pretty well in their efforts tomurder the language.
  5. (figuratively, colloquial, British) Todevour,ravish.
    I couldmurder ahamburger right now.

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]
deliberately kill
defeat decisively
express one’s anger at
devour

Further reading

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Cebuano

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

FromEnglishmurder, fromMiddle Englishmurder,murdre,mourdre, alteration of earliermurthre(“murder”) (seemurther), fromOld Englishmorþor(“secret slaying, unlawful killing”) andOld Englishmyrþra(“murder, homicide”), both fromProto-Germanic*murþrą(“death, killing, murder”), fromProto-Indo-European*mrtro-(“killing”), fromProto-Indo-European*mer-,*mor-,*mr-(“to die”).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Hyphenation:mur‧der

Verb

[edit]

murder

  1. tomurder; todeliberatelykill
  2. (slang) tomispronounce ormisspell a person's name

Noun

[edit]

murder

  1. an act ofdeliberatekilling of another being, especially a human
  2. thecrime of deliberate killing of another human
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=murder&oldid=84152617"
Categories:
Hidden categories:
[8]ページ先頭
©2009-2025 Movatter.jp