† parricidialadj.
Obsolete.
= parricidal adj.
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 353 Who..in all humaine liues, In cold blood, bathe their parricidial kniues.
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. Pref. p. ix Whomsoever this dreadful news reacht (to wit, the news of Salmasius his Parricidial Barbarisms) all of a sudden, as if they had been struck with lightning, their hair stood on end.
1815 J. Cottle Messiah vi. 84 The Parricidial King, from distant lands, Had now, in pomp, return'd, with reeking hands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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