Definition of Parricide

1. Noun. Someone who kills his or her parent.

Specialized synonyms: Matricide, Patricide
Generic synonyms: Liquidator, Manslayer, Murderer

2. Noun. The murder of your own father or mother.
Generic synonyms: Execution, Murder, Slaying
Specialized synonyms: Matricide, Patricide

Definition of Parricide

1. n. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.

Definition of Parricide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Parricide

1. 1. The killing of one's parent (patricide or matricide). 2. One who commits such an act. Origin: L. Parricidium, killing of close kin (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parricide

parquets
parquet circle
parquet floor
parr
parr
parrakeet
parrakeets
parral
parrals
parraqua
parred
parrel
parrels
parricidal
parricide (current term)
parricide (current term)
parricides
parridge
parridges
parried
parrier
parriers
parries
parring
Parrish
parritch
parritches
parrock
parrocked
parrocks

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