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   parricide

   /ˈparɪsʌɪd/

   noun

   • 1. the killing of a parent or other near relative.
   • ▪ a person who commits parricide.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, from Latin parricidium ‘murder of a parent’, with first element of unknown origin, but for long associated with Latin pater ‘father’ and parens ‘parent’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. parricidal adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • D

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   • E

     1

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