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parricides

parricides is the plural of parricide.

Meaning of parricide

Noun (1)

parricide (plural parricides)

  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...
    Synonyms:
    parenticide
  2. Someone who commits treason.

Noun (2)

parricide (countable and uncountable, plural parricides)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    parenticide
  2. The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.

Questions about parricides

What is parricides the plural of?
Parricides is the plural of parricide.

Words near parricides in the dictionary

  1. parriar
  2. parriars
  3. parricidal
  4. parricidally
  5. parricide
  6. parricides
  7. parricidial
  8. parricidiall
  9. parricidious
  10. parricidism
  11. parried

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