parricide
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French parricide, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin parricida, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -cide.
Pronunciation
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Noun
parricide (countable and uncountable, plural parricides)
- Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear II.i:
- I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […]
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear II.i:
- Someone who commits treason.
- The killing of a relative, especially a parent.
- 1856, Mrs. William Busk, Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268[1], volume IV, London: Hookham and Sons, →OCLC, page 294:
- The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
- The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.
Translations
someone who kills a relative
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French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin parricīda (“a kin murderer”).
Noun
parricide m (plural parricides)
- parricide (someone who kills a relative, especially a parent)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin parricīdium (“murder of a relative”).
Noun
parricide m (plural parricides)
Further reading
- “parricide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ide
Noun
parricide f
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
parricide m (plural parricides)
- parricide (killing of one's own father)
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 5:
- […] par ce que ces oysillons ne cessoient de l'accuser faucement du meurtre de son pere. Ce parricide jusques lors avoit esté occulte et inconnu
- […] because these baby birds wouldn't stop falsely accusing him of the murder of his father. This parricide until now had been unknown
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