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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Tyrannical,) Tirranical(l, adj. Also: tiran(n)icall, tyrrannicall. [e.m.E. tyrannycal (1538), tyrannicall (a1548), tirannical (1560), f. as Tyrannic,adj.] Of, pertaining to or like a tyrant, tyrannical. —1563–4 Sc. Ant. XVI 80.
Thair wes na persoun … that durst at ony tyme of his usurpit tirannicall auctoritie refuys his chairgis … for feir of thair lyvis a1578 Pitsc. II 58/4.
Finallie ponder … the tiranicall furie and infernall crudelietie of the malignant kirk in [etc.] 1606 Elphinstone Chart. 175.
Praying for thame implyed that your Maiesteis gouernament wes tyrrannicall 1630 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 142.
The Earl of Murray his tirranical aspiring to the croun c1650 Spalding II 13.
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