despotat

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French despotat; equivalent to despot +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting a rank or office). Compare despotate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛspətæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

despotat (plural despotats)

1. The government or domain of a despot.

   Synonym: despotate

   • 1879, Edward Augustus Freeman, Historical Essays - Volume III:

     In Northern Greece the Greek despotat of Epeiros died out, to leave us in a bewildering confusion of shifting powers

References

“despotat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• adoptest, post-date, postdate, spot date

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French despotat. By surface analysis, despot +‎ -at.

Noun

despotat n (plural despotate)

1. despotate

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	despotat	despotatul		despotate	despotatele
genitive-dative	despotat	despotatului		despotate	despotatelor
vocative	despotatule			despotatelor