tyrannicidal
English edit
Etymology edit
tyrannicide + -al
Adjective edit
tyrannicidal (comparative more tyrannicidal, superlative most tyrannicidal)
- Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
- 1799, Alexander Geddes, A Sermon, Preached on the Day of General Fast, February 27, 1799:
- on of the greatest charges, brought against the former, was their tyrannicidal doctrine.
References edit
- “tyrannicidal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.