Parricidal

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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