Definitions for patricide

patricide pat·ri·cide

Spelling: [pa-truh-sahyd, pey‐]
IPA: /ˈpæ trəˌsaɪd, ˈpeɪ‐/

Patricide is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 483 anagrams from letters in patricide (acdeiiprt).

Definitions for patricide

noun

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

Origin of patricide

First recorded in 1585-95; patri- + -cide

Examples for patricide

Which is the greatest penalty proportional to the crime of patricide?

Tyrion, now on the lam for patricide by crossbow, is destined for an unknown foreign port like a diminutive Edward Snowden.

This was laughed at before the shadow of Booth's patricide was cast ahead.

There was a time when the ancient Romans did not think that there existed such a crime as patricide; and hence it is.

As in similar psychological situations, patricide and matricide followed.

"But even there infanticide was more popular than patricide," Farrell pointed out.

Word Value for patricide
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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