Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tyrannic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tyrannic \Ty*ran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical \Ty*ran"nic*al\, a.
[L. tyrannicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. tyrannique. See {Tyrant}.]
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly
severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel;
arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master;
tyrannical government. ``A power tyrannical.'' --Shak.
Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. --Roscommon.
The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope.
-- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ness}, .
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tyrannic
adj : of or relating to or associated with or resembling a
dictatorship; "tyrannical suppression of liberty" [syn:
{tyrannical}]
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