See Also: patricide(medicine)
patricide(dictionary)
patricide(dictionary)
PATRICIDE(law)

patricide (iou)



patricide noun. L16.
[Late Latin patricida (sense 1), patricidium (sense 2) alts. (after pater father and fratricida FRATRICIDE) of par(r)icida, -idium: see PARRICIDE.]
A person who kills his or her father. L16.
The action of killing one's father. E17.
patri'cidal adjective of or pertaining to (a) patricide; guilty of patricide: E19.