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Definition of Parricidal
1. a. Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.
Definition of Parricidal
1. Adjective. Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parricidal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parricidal
Literary usage of Parricidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"... with a parricidal hand! Travelling for discovery and research is now the
fashion of the day, and everything is planned and prepared conformably. ..."
2. A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada: Parliamentary and Political by Robert Christie (1866)
"... allow yourselves to be longer deceived, as well as of the punishment that may
fall upon you if you continue a contest as parricidal as it is unlawful. ..."
3. Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice: Being a Complete Compilation of His Letters by Abraham Lincoln (1890)
"... ever be gratefully distinguished his faithful devotion to the Constitution,
the Union, and the flag, when assailed by parricidal rebellion. A. LINCOLN. ..."
4. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America: With a Description of the Whole Course by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"... with a parricidal hand! Travelling for discovery and research is now the
fashion of the day, and everything is planned and prepared conformably. ..."
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