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parricide(dictionary)
parricide(dictionary)

parricide (iou)



parricide noun. M16.
[Old & mod. French, or (in sense 1) Latin par(r)icida, (in sense 2) Latin par(r)icidium, assoc. with Latin pater FATHER noun, parens PARENT noun & verb: see -CIDE. Cf. PATRICIDE.]
A person who kills a near relative, esp. either parent. Also transf., a person who kills the ruler of, or commits treason against, his or her country. M16.
The action of killing a near relative, esp. either parent. Also transf., the action of killing the ruler of, or committing treason against, one's country. L16.
parri'cidal adjective of or pertaining to (a) parricide; guilty of parricide: E17.
parricidious adjective = parricidal E17-E19.