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