tyrannic

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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: or J Johnson, by T 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.