parricide
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English
Etymology
From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīda and parricīdium, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
parricide (countable and uncountable, plural parricides)
- Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […]
- 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, 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.
- 1861 July 27, The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, number 1761, London, page 116, column 1:
- 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.
- The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.
Synonyms
- (when referring to a parent) parenticide
Translations
someone who kills a relative
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killing of a relative
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīda (“a kin murderer”).
Noun
parricide m (plural parricides)
- parricide (someone who kills a relative, especially a parent)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīdium (“murder of a relative”).
Noun
parricide m (plural parricides)
Further reading
- “parricide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
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