Definitions for patricides

patricides pat·ri·cide

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

Patricides is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1052 anagrams from letters in patricides (acdeiiprst).

Definitions for patricides

noun

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

Origin of patricides

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

Examples for patricides

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

As in similar psychological situations, patricide and matricide followed.

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

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.

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

Word Value for patricides
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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