murderment

English

Etymology

From murder +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɜː(ɹ)də(ɹ)mənt/

Noun

murderment (countable and uncountable, plural murderments)

1. (obsolete) murder
   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

     To her came message of the murderment.