About The Word Patricide

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Patricide to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Patricide definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Patricide

Patricide Meaning & Definition
Patricide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Patricide?

[n] murder of your father
[n] a person who murders their father

Synonyms | Synonyms for Patricide:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Patricide: aborticide | fratricide | fungicide | genocide | germicide | herbicide | homicide | infanticide | insecticide | matricide | microbicide | parricide | pesticide | regicide | rodenticide | sororicide | suicide | uxoricide | vermicide

See Also | parricide | parricide

Patricide In Webster's Dictionary

\Pat*ri"cide\, n. [L. pater father + caedere to kill. Cf. {Parricide}.] 1. The murderer of his father. 2. The crime of one who murders his father. Same as {Parricide}.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Wild sensitive plant ‐ tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to…
  • Free central placentation ‐ where ovules develop on a central column in a compound ovary…
  • Amicable ‐ characterized by friendship and…
  • Farmer ‐ a person who operates a farm [n] an expert on cooking whose cookbook…
  • Automobile engine ‐ the engine that propels an…
  • Ribbonwood ‐ small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary…
  • Cuboidal cell ‐ an epithelial cell that shaped…
  • Pagoda ‐ an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving…
  • Rust mite ‐ any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and…
  • Hatching ‐ shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [n] the production…