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patricide
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Patricide is (i) the act of killing one's father, or (ii) a person who kills his father. The word patricide derives from the Latin word pater (father) and the Latin suffix -cida (cutter or killer). Patricide is a sub-form of parricide , which is defined ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 murder of one's father. 2 A murderer of one's father.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"person who kills his father" (1590s), "act of killing one's father" (1620s), from Middle French patricide in both senses, from Latin patricida "murderer of a father," Latin patricidium , from pater "father" + cida "killer," cidium "killing" (see -cide ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who murders their father murder of your father
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Patricide \Pat*ri"cide\, n. [L. pater father + caedere to kill. Cf. Parricide .] The murderer of his father. The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide .
Usage examples of patricide.
Patricide: Patricide is a bad idea, first because it is contrary to law and custom and second because it proves, beyond a doubt, that the father's every fluted accusation against you was correct: you are a thoroughly bad individual, a Patricide!
Morgan was no murderer… and even to consider that he had committed patricide was absurd.
It was clear that Rosa would not stop at patricide to protect her love.
To scuttle his splendid ships a thought as repulsive and loathsome as that of incest, of patricide, of human sacrifice.