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dictatorial, a.|dɪktəˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. L. dictātōri-us, of or belonging to a dictator + -al1. So mod.F. dictatorial (adm. by Academy 1835).]
1. Of, pertaining, or proper to a dictator.
1701W. Wotton Hist. Rome vii. 118 The whole Dictatorial Power within the City. 1741Middleton Cicero II. vii. 119 He [Cæsar] was created Dictator..and by his Dictatorial power declared himself Consul. 1795Ann. Reg. Pref., The late metamorphosis of the [French] Republic into a dictatorial or military government. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. lxxxiv, Thou didst lay down With an atoning smile..The dictatorial wreath. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 542 A captain who has been entrusted with dictatorial power.
2. Pertaining to or characteristic of dictation; inclined to dictate or prescribe the actions of others; imperious; overbearing in tone.
a1704T. Brown Sat. Persius Wks. 1730 I. 53 A dictatorial youth does envy draw. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1841 II. 26 By violent measures, and a dictatorial behaviour. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. 107 Sally was laying out the law, and prating away in her usual dictatorial manner. 1818Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. 36 He is..very learned, very dictatorial, very knock-me-down. 1873Black Pr. Thule xxiv. 389 The dictatorial enunciation of his opinions. |