Definitions for parricides

parricides par·ri·cide

Spelling: [par-uh-sahyd]
IPA: /ˈpær əˌsaɪd/

Parricides is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 642 anagrams from letters in parricides (acdeiiprrs).

Definitions for parricides

noun

  1. the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
  2. a person who commits such an act.
  3. the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
  4. a person who commits such an act.

Origin of parricides

1545-55; Latin parricīdum act of kin-murder, parricīda kin-killer, equivalent to pāri- (akin to Greek pāós, Attic pēós kinsman) + -cīdum, -cida -cide

Examples for parricides

Absolution to any parricide, matricide, or fratricide, for three ducats.

It is the gigantic Traitor and parricide,—not for a moment to be trusted.

The reason assigned for this parricide was strange as the deed.

Should the assassin come, it will not be with the blow of a parricide.

There was parricide as well as infanticide in the horrible houses.

God aids no child to parricide—and thou art England's child!

All this is done and suffered to mark the enormity of the crime of a parricide.

Whereupon a senator got up and denounced him as an enemy and a parricide.

With all your abominations you are yet a saint in comparison with a parricide.

There stands a gibbet by the road, on which a parricide was hanged in chains.

The reason assigned for this parricide was strange as the deed.

It is the gigantic Traitor and parricide,—not for a moment to be trusted.

Absolution to any parricide, matricide, or fratricide, for three ducats.

There stands a gibbet by the road, on which a parricide was hanged in chains.

God aids no child to parricide—and thou art England's child!

Whereupon a senator got up and denounced him as an enemy and a parricide.

There was parricide as well as infanticide in the horrible houses.

With all your abominations you are yet a saint in comparison with a parricide.

All this is done and suffered to mark the enormity of the crime of a parricide.

Should the assassin come, it will not be with the blow of a parricide.

Word Value for parricides
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