Advertisement
Advertisement
parricide
[ par-uh-sahyd ]
noun
- the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
- a person who commits such an act.
parricide
/ ˈpærɪˌsaɪd /
noun
- the act of killing either of one's parents
- a person who kills his parent
Derived Forms
- ˌparriˈcidal, adjective
Other Words From
- parri·cidal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of parricide1
Word History and Origins
Origin of parricide1
Example Sentences
Indeed, Homo sapiens would be gone precisely because we avoided final extinction, as our successor is what murdered us — a technological case of parricide.
Comedy is especially susceptible to generational change and bias; although young comics often cite older ones as inspirations, and a few giants remain funny across the decades, the art survives by parricide.
There Oliverotto too was captured, a year after he committed his parricide, and together with Vittellozzo, who had been his teacher in his virtues and wickedness, he was strangled.
Why would one woman commit mass parricide by poisoning 300 relatives, family friends, and herself at what should've been a joyous celebration?
"It was like a Greek tragedy unfolding, and it ended like a Greek tragedy - in a symbolic parricide," says journalist Olivier Beaumont.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse