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parricidial

parricidial is the obsolete form of parricidal.

Meaning of parricidal

Adjective

parricidal (comparative more parricidal, superlative most parricidal)

  1. Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.
    • When my parents grounded me, I had a burst of parricidal thoughts, but I eventually got over it.

Forms of parricidial

comparativemore parricidial
superlativemost parricidial
alternative formparricidiall

Origin of parricidial

From Latin parricīdiālis.

Questions about parricidial

What is parricidial the obsolete form of?
Parricidial is the obsolete form of parricidal.

Words near parricidial in the dictionary

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

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