Defn: Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.
PARRICIDE Par"ri*cide, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]
1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
2. Etym: [L. parricidium.]
Defn: The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
PARRICIDIOUS
Par`ri*cid"i*ous, a.
Defn: Parricidal. [Obs.]
PARROCK
Par"rock, n. Etym: [AS. pearruc, pearroc. See Park.]
Defn: A croft, or small field; a paddock. [Prov. Eng.]
PARROT
Par"rot, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F.
pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. Paroquet, Petrel,
Petrify.]