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{ Ty*ran"nic (?; 277), 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, .

{ Ty*ran"nic (?; 277), 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, .

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • (notcomparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
  • (comparable) Despotic, oppresive or authoritarian.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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