What does parricide mean?
Parricide means Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent..
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/ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/ · noun
Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent..
I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […]
The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
The production of Schiller’s ‘Don Carlos’ was long forbidden, because Don Carlos loved his stepmother; in ‘The Robbers,’ the Father was turned into an uncle, and a stupendous effect was produced by the cry of “Unclecide,” substituted for Parricide.
Use parricide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parricide means Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent..
Common synonyms include parenticide.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […]
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