\Ty*ran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical \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}, .