释义 |
tyranno-|tɪ-, taɪˈrænəʊ| before a vowel tyrann-, repr. Gr. τυραννο-, combining form of τύραννος tyrant, occurs in a few nonce-formations, as tyrannoctonic |-ɒkˈtɒnɪk| a. [Gr. τυραννοκτόνος killer of a tyrant], tyrant-slaying; tyrannoˈphobia [-phobia], dread of tyrants.
1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxix. 171 A certain Tyranno⁓phobia, or feare of being strongly governed. 1789Parr Let. to Burney Wks. 1828 VII. 411 What say you to this tyranno[c]tonic rigour which has overtaken Joseph and Gustavus? |