parricidal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin parricīdālis.[1]

Adjective

parricidal (comparative more parricidal, superlative most parricidal)

  1. Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.
    When my parents grounded me, I had a burst of parricidal thoughts, but I eventually got over it.

References
  1. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “parricidal, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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