{ Ty‐ran″nic (?; 277), Ty‐ran″nic‐al (?), } a. [L. tyrannicus, Gr. �: cf. F. tyrannique. See Tyrant.] Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government. “A power tyrannical.” Shak.
Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. Roscommon.
The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. Pope.
— Ty‐ran″nic‐al‐ly, adv. — Ty‐ran″nic‐al‐ness,.