tyrannic

English

Alternative forms

• tyrannick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹæ.nɪk/

Adjective

tyrannic (comparative more tyrannic, superlative most tyrannic)

1. (dated) Tyrannical.
   • 1790, William Cowper, “On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture out of Norfolk. The Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham.”, in Poems […], London: […] [F]or J[oseph] Johnson, […] by T[homas] Bensley, […], published 1806, →OCLC, page 579:

     The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame.