Parricidal

  • 21parricide — [ parɪsʌɪd] noun the killing of a parent or near relative. ↘a person who commits parricide. Derivatives parricidal adjective Origin C16: from Fr., from L. parricidium, with unknown first elem. assoc. with L. pater father and parens parent …

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  • 22patricidal — a. Parricidal …

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  • 23parricide — /ˈpærəsaɪd/ (say paruhsuyd) noun 1. someone who kills either of their parents or anyone else to whom they owe reverence. 2. the act or crime of killing a parent or anyone else to whom reverence is due. {French, from Latin parricīda (the… …

  • 24parricide —   n. killer or killing of parent, close relative, or king, etc.    ♦ parricidal, a …

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  • 25parricide — ► NOUN 1) the killing of a parent or other near relative. 2) a person who commits parricide. DERIVATIVES parricidal adjective. ORIGIN Latin parricidium, with unknown first element associated with Latin pater father and parens parent …

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  • 26parricide — [par′ə sīd΄] n. [Fr < L parricida, earlier paricida < IE base * pāsos, a relative (> Gr pēos, one related by marriage) + L cida, CIDE] 1. the act of murdering one s parent, someone having a similar relationship, or a close relative 2. [L …

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  • 27parricide — n. 1 the killing of a near relative, esp. of a parent. 2 an act of parricide. 3 a person who commits parricide. Derivatives: parricidal adj. Etymology: F parricide or L parricida (= sense 3), parricidium (= sense 1), of uncert. orig., assoc. in L …

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  • 28parricidious — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sidēəs adjective Etymology: parricide + ious archaic : parricidal …

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  • 29patricidal — |pa.trə|sīdəl sometimes |pā. adjective : of or relating to patricide : parricidal …

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  • 30paricidal — paricidal, paricide obs. ff. parricidal, cide …

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