| Parricide 1. (n.) The murder of a parent; properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor. 2. (n.) The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor. Thesaurus Entries aborticide, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, matricide, microbicide, patricide, pesticide, regicide, rodenticide, sororicide, suicide, uxoricide, vermicide |