parenticide

pa·ren·ti·cide

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puh-ren-tuh-sahyd]
- /pəˈrɛn təˌsaɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puh-ren-tuh-sahyd]
- /pəˈrɛn təˌsaɪd/

Definitions of parenticide word

noun parenticide a person who kills one or both of his or her parents. 1
noun parenticide the act of killing one's parent or parents. 1

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Origin of parenticide

First appearance:

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

First recorded in 1650-60; parent + -i- + -cide

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Parenticide

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Parenticide

parenticide popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

parenticide usage trend in Literature

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