parricidal

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adjective

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.”

OriginLatin parricīdālis →
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Meanings

adjectiveparricidal (comparative more parricidal, superlative most parricidal)

comparative more parricidal · superlative most parricidal · alternative obsolete parricidial

  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.

Origin

  1. Latinparricīdālis
  2. Englishparricidal

From Latin parricīdālis. By surface analysis, parricide + -al.

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APA

parricidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parricidal

MLA

“parricidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parricidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parricidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parricidal.

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