tirannye

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tyrannye, thyrannye, tirannie, tyrrannye, tyranne, tyrauny, tyranny, tyranye, tyreny, tyranye, tiranye, thyrranny, thirannye, tiraundie, tirandie, tirauntye

Etymology

From Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía); equivalent to and influenced by tyraunt +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtiraˈniː(ə)/, /ˈtiraniː(ə)/

Noun

tirannye (uncountable)

1. Tyranny, tyrannical deeds; the harsh and merciless actions of a ruler.
2. A tyrannical deed; a ruler's harsh, tyrannical and merciless action.
3. Harshness, cruelness, ruthless, torment; the state of being excessively cruel.
4. The total control that a specified feeling has upon someone.
5. (rare) What an absolute monarch does and decides.

Descendants

• English: tyranny
• Scots: tyranny

References

• “tirannī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.
• “tiraundīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.