parricide

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/(UK)

Definition of parricide

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
    “I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […]”
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noun

  1. Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
    “I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […]”
  2. Someone who commits treason.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The killing of a relative, especially a parent.
    “The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.”
    “The production of Schiller’s ‘Don Carlos’ was long forbidden, because Don Carlos loved his stepmother; in ‘The Robbers,’ the Father was turned into an uncle, and a stupendous effect was produced by the cry of “Unclecide,” substituted for Parricide.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.

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Etymology

From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīda, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”).

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