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patricide

[ pa-truh-sahyd, pey‑ ]

noun

  1. the act of killing one's own father.
  2. a person who commits such an act.


patricide

/ ˈ±èæ³Ù°ùɪˌ²õ²¹Éª»å /

noun

  1. the act of killing one's father
  2. a person who kills his father
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±è²¹³Ù°ù¾±Ëˆ³¦¾±»å²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²¹³Ùr¾±Â·³¦¾±»åa±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of patricide1

First recorded in 1585–95; patri- + -cide
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

He was closest to finding out their secret before taking part in patricide, a crime the universe doesn’t easily excuse.

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“It is a story about patricide and the consequences,†he said by phone from Lyon, France, referring to the death of the Marquis of Calatrava.

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Dreaming of patricide — symbolically, for now — is the glue binding them together at present.

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This is all unfortunate, because it clouds the story’s inherent dramas: patricide, assault, forced eviction, flooding, racism, pseudoscience.

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Lamb Rated R for matricide, patricide and kidnapping.

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