[f. L. verbi-, verbum word + -CIDE 1.] One who mutilates or destroys a word.
1867. Independent (N. Y.), 2 May (Cent.). These clownish verbicides have carried their antics to the point of disgust.
1894. Lett., in Melbourne Argus, 10 Jan. It is this laziness in speaking which makes them [the Australians] grow up habitual verbicides.
