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tyranness|ˈtaɪərənɪs|
[f. L. tyrann-us tyrant + -ess; cf. med.L. tyrannissa (1372 in Du Cange).]
A female tyrant. Chiefly fig.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. v. 46 They were by law of that proud Tyrannesse [Dame Pride],..Condemned to that Dongeon mercilesse. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 462 Semiramis the Babilonian tyrannesse. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. xxi. §2 The house of David..was..rooted up, and the Crown of Juda in..possession of a cruel Tyrannesse. 1643Milton Divorce i. xiii, Not to canonize Marriage either as a tyranness or a goddess over the enfranchised life and soul of man. 1706Watts Horæ Lyr. ii. xvi. (1743) 171 Custom, that Tyranness of Fools. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) III. xi. 84 She was..indeed a tyranness, to all beneath her. 1814Scott Let. to J. B. S. Morritt 11 Nov., in Lockhart, My Muse is a Tyranness, and not a Christian Queen. 1824Heber Narr. Journ. India xix. (1828) II. 278 She [the Begum Sumroo] is, however, a sad tyranness. 1844Blackw. Mag. LVI. 84 The lovely marble-souled tyranness has..turned back..a hundred, all worthily born. |