parricide
/ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/ noun
Forms parricides
- noun Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
- noun Someone who commits treason.
- noun The killing of a relative, especially a parent.
- noun 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”).
From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīdium, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
- noun The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
Etymology [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “parricide”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details