Amicicide

[Bill & Diana Sowers]

Dear ADS-L....

Please forgive the intrusion on your list but I'm wondering if you could
help me.  If I'm asking a question that isn't part of your list's purpose
just let me know and I'll bow out gracefully!

I work at the State Library of Kansas in Topeka.  Today a patron called in
wanting the pronunciation of a word unfamiliar to any of us.

Amicicide

We can't find the word in any dictionaries we have and its "hit rate" on
google is fairly low.  The words appears to be used by military folk to
describe the results of "friendly fire".... "the murder of a friend."

I've checked as many online pronouncing dictionaries as I can locate...
nothing.  My thought is that it might have the same flow as infanticide
(accent on second syllable)...  but I have no proof.

Any help appreciated!

Bill Sowers
State Library of Kansas... obsessively still working on this though at home


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