parricide
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- noun
- /ˈpærɪˌsaɪd/
- NSFW
- Lefevre's poem "Le Parricide" also ended on a scene of capital execution.
Examples
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After the shocking trial, the parricide was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal killing of his mother.
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I always had you pegged for a parricide, at the very least.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Conservative history thus becomes construed as one parricide after another, in which each successor generation kills the father and ransacks his legacy.
Academic text (2010) -
I cite items from history, regale him with anecdotes of fratricide, parricide, and all sorts of other "-cides" and asides practiced by our illustrious predecessors.
Fiction book (1996) -
The detective was called to investigate the case of a notorious parricide who had murdered his own father.
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In ancient Greece, a parricide faced severe penalties as the act was considered one of the greatest crimes.
Synonyms
A person who kills their own mother or father
Surface Forms
Morphology
parricide = parri + cide
The word contains the productive suffix -cide, but its initial element is a bound classical form that is not a recognizable English base, so the meaning is not readily predictable.
Etymology
Parricide comes from Latin parts parri- meaning 'parent' and -cide meaning 'to kill', the same -cide you see in suicide and homicide. So, a parricide is a person who kills their own parent.