Word of the Day:
tyrannical
What It Means
Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian.
a tyrannical regime
Did You Know?
From Latin tyrannicus + -al; ultimately from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) (absolute ruler, despot).
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