Parricidal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"When my parents grounded me, I had a burst of parricidal thoughts, but I eventually got over it."
Etymology
From Latin parricīdālis. By surface analysis, parricide + -al.
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