Tyrannicalness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           Our sects a more tyrannic power assume.  --Roscommon.
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           The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ly}, adv. --
     {Ty*ran"nic*al*ness}, .
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