patricidal
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Relating to killing one's own father
- adjective
- /pəˈtrɪsɪdəl/
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- In the play, the patricidal act is portrayed as a tragic consequence of ambition and betrayal.
Examples
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The plot of the book revolves around a patricidal son who seeks revenge against his tyrannical father.
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It is hard to miss the resemblance between this fantasy and Shukri's patricidal dream in the film.
Academic text (2007) -
Many myths include patricidal stories, where sons kill their fathers to seize power or fulfill prophecies.
Surface Forms
patricidal positive
Morphology
patricidal = patricide (transparent) = patri + cide + al
The adjective is formed regularly from 'patricide' plus '-al', so the literal meaning 'relating to patricide' is directly recoverable.
Etymology
Patricidal comes from the parts patri- ('father') and -cide ('kill'), the same ending you see in suicide, so it literally means killing one's own father.