Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Despotical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Despotic \Des*pot"ic\, Despotical \Des*pot"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. despotique.]
Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute
in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing
despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ly}, adv.
-- {Des*pot"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
despotical
adj : belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot [syn:
{despotic}]
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