autodefenestration
nounUK /ˌɔː.təʊ.dɪˌfɛ.nɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ · US /ˌɑː.toʊˌdiː.fɛ.nəˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From auto- + defenestration.
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Rare The act of hurling oneself from a window, especially lethally.
- She climbs out on a window ledge and threatens autodefenestration if the marriage isn't contracted, and is soon joined on the ledge by Jill.1986, “Rich Relations”, in New York Magazine, volume 19, number 18:
- Ipana, a leading practitioner of feline-autodefenestration, also helped, I think.2002, Ian Lauchlan, Russian hide-and-seek: the tsarist secret police in St. Petersburg, 1906-1914:
1 more example
- ...Lindesay had the misfortune to fall out of a window, which elicited from the Times a memorable cable, which said simply: 'Cease autodefenestration.'1995, Denis Ashton Warner, Wake me if there's trouble:
- Related terms
- defenestrate, autodefenestrate