Parricide

  • 31parricide — noun 1 (U) formal the crime of killing your father, mother, or any other close relative 2 (C) technical someone who is guilty of this crime compare matricide, patricide …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32parricide — n patricide, father killer, matricide, mother killer, kin killer, fratricide, sororicide; regicide, assassinator; homicide, murderer, slaughterer, killer; traitor, criminal, sinner …

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  • 33parricide — par·ri·cide …

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  • 34parricide — par•ri•cide [[t]ˈpær əˌsaɪd[/t]] n. 1) the killing of one s parent or other close relative 2) a person who commits such an act • Etymology: 1545–55; < L parricīdum act of kin murder, parricīda kin killer =pāri (akin to Gk pāós, Attic pēós… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35parricide — /ˈpærəsaɪd/ (say paruhsuyd) noun 1. someone who kills either of their parents or anyone else to whom they owe reverence. 2. the act or crime of killing a parent or anyone else to whom reverence is due. {French, from Latin parricīda (the… …

  • 36parricide —   n. killer or killing of parent, close relative, or king, etc.    ♦ parricidal, a …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 37parricide — /paerasayd/ The crime of killing one s father; also a person guilty of killing his father …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 38parricide — The murder of one s parent; a person who is guilty of the murder of his parent …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 39Dostoevsky and Parricide — is a 1928 article by Sigmund Freud that argues that the greatest works of world literature all concern parricide: Oedipus the King, Hamlet, and The Brothers Karamazov. Freud repeats an untrue rumour that Fyodor Dostoevsky s epilepsy was a… …

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  • 40Pierre Rivière (parricide) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pierre Rivière. Pierre Rivière est un criminel français né en 1815 à Courvaudon et décédé dans sa cellule de la prison de Beaulieu à Caen le 20 octobre 1840. Biographie Paysan normand, Pierre Rivière… …

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