self-slayer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]self-slayer (plural self-slayers)
- One who slays oneself; self-killer.
- 2014, John Sym, Michael MacDonald, Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing:
- John King made the key point: suicide was worse than other sins because it left no time for repentance, and so it was difficult to believe that many, if any, self-slayers were spared.
References
[edit]- “self-slayer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.