{ Des‐pot″ic (?), Des‐pot″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �: cf. F. despotique.] Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. — Des‐pot″ic‐al‐ly, adv. — Des‐pot″ic‐al‐ness, n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.