parricide


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parricide /ˈparɪsʌɪd/
noun the killing of a parent or near relative.

■ a person who commits parricide.

– derivatives
parricidal adjective.
– origin C16: from Fr., from L. parricidium, with unknown first elem. assoc. with L. pater ‘father’ and parens ‘parent’.
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