单词 | tyranno- |
释义 | tyranno-comb. form representing Greek τυραννο-, combining form of τύραννος tyrant n., occurs in a few nonce-formations, as tyrannoctonic adj. /tɪˌrænɒkˈtɒnɪk/ [Greek τυραννοκτόνος killer of a tyrant] tyrant-slaying. tyrannophobia n. [-phobia comb. form] dread of tyrants. ΘΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > who governs badly > unjust or oppressive > dread of tyrannophobia1651 the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adjective] > of tyrant tyrannoctonic1789 tyrannicidal1801 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 171 A certain Tyranno~phobia, or feare of being strongly governed. 1789 S. Parr Let. to C. Burney in Wks. (1828) VII. 411 What say you to this tyranno [c] tonic rigour which has overtaken Joseph and Gustavus? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form1651 |
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