"stillicide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɪlɪsʌɪd/ Forms: stillicides [plural]
Etymology: Anglicisation of Latin stillicidium. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|stillicidium}} Latin stillicidium Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stillicide (countable and uncountable, plural stillicides)
  1. Water falling in drops, especially in a row from the eaves of a roof, or from icicles or stalactites. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stillicide-en-noun-yyB5s6rw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 5 18 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 6 12 32
  2. (law, historical, uncountable) Synonym of stillicidium Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: stillicidium [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-stillicide-en-noun-uHNaZI9Y Topics: law
  3. A clause written into a land agreement that prohibits the tennant from building so close to the boundary that it would cause the water dripping from the eaves to fall on the neighbouring property. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stillicide-en-noun-1ywZ-Fk1
  4. The ground onto which the dripping water from the eaves falls. In this sense it means the same as eavesdrop or eavesdrip. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stillicide-en-noun-LpMfsgNy

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:",
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