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parricide en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīda, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”).

Meanings

1. Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
   • I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […] c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
2. Someone who commits treason.

Forms

Synonyms

parenticide

Translations (14)

de Verwandtenmörderin (someone who kills a relative) · de Elternmörderin (someone who kills a relative) · fi äidinmurhaaja (someone who kills a relative) · it parricida (someone who kills a relative) · ca parricida (someone who kills a relative) · fr parricide (someone who kills a relative) · sv modermördare (someone who kills a relative) · de Elternmörder (someone who kills a relative) · es parricida (someone who kills a relative) · fi isänmurhaaja (someone who kills a relative) · de Verwandtenmörder (someone who kills a relative) · bg отцеубиец (someone who kills a relative) · pt parricida (someone who kills a relative) · sv fadermördare (someone who kills a relative)

parricide en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīdium, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The killing of a relative, especially a parent.
   • 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. 1856, Mrs. William Busk, Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268, volume IV, London: Hookham and Sons, →OCLC, page 294:
   • The production of Schiller’s ‘Don Carlos’ was long forbidden, because Don Carlos loved his stepmother; in ‘The Robbers,’ the Father was turned into an uncle, and a stupendous effect was produced by the cry of “Unclecide,” substituted for Parricide. 1861 July 27, The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, number 1761, London, page 116, column 1:
2. (countable, uncountable) The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.

Forms

Deriveds

parricidism

Relateds

parricidal · parricidally

Synonyms

parenticide

Translations (12)

pt parricídio (killing of a relative) · it parricidio (killing of a relative) · fi sukulaisen tappo (killing of a relative) · fi sukulaisen surma (killing of a relative) · ca parricidi (killing of a relative) · fr parricide (killing of a relative) · pl zabójstwo rodziny (killing of a relative) · de Elternmord (killing of a relative) · es parricidio (killing of a relative) · fi sukulaisen murha (killing of a relative) · de Verwandtenmord (killing of a relative) · de Parrizid (killing of a relative)