murdery

English

Etymology

From murder +‎ -y.

Adjective

murdery (comparative more murdery, superlative most murdery)

1. (informal) Committing, disposed to, or characteristic of murder.
   • 2013, Michelle Witte, Faker's Guide to the Classics: Everything You Need to Know About the Books You Should Have Read (But Didn't), Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 98:

     So he gets a little murdery to speed up the inheritance process.

   • 2015, Maria Dahvana Headley, Magonia‎^[1], HarperTeen, →ISBN:

     Lately, there's been this contagious idea that I resemble a hungry, murdery girl ghost from a Japanese horror movie, so Jenny came to school in blue lipstick and white powder. To mock me.

   • 2015 3 October, Toby Whithouse, "Under the Lake", episode 9-3 of Doctor Who, 00:15:56–00:16:03:

     The Doctor: So, they'll try to kill you, blah blah blah. What does that matter? You come back. A bit murdery, sure, but even so.