{ 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.