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单词 iron-handed
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iron-handedadj.

Brit. /ˌʌɪənˈhandᵻd/, U.S. /ˌaɪ(ə)rnˈhændəd/
Forms: see iron n.1 and handed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron n.1, handed adj.
Etymology: < iron n.1 + handed adj., after iron hand n.
Acting or ruling with an iron hand (iron hand n. 1); firm, inflexible; severe, rigorous.
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society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > specifically of persons
strait1297
iron-handed1608
strict1614
Presbyteriana1653
taut1825
1608 J. Day Humour out of Breath iv. sig. G4 Vdsfoot what offence haue I committed against the state, that these yron-handed Plebeians so applaud me for?
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 211 We are not obliged to him, but to the iron-handed goddess Necessity.
1791 Gentleman's Mag. June 508/2 The rod of the iron-handed oppressor is not uplifted, nor is the sigh of discontent heard.
1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 142 We go iron-handed our fortune to woo.
1875 W. E. Griffis in N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 289 The iron-handed rule of the great commander..was felt all over the empire.
1912 E. Curtis Roger of Sicily 456 The iron-handed, subtle-brained Guiscard is there.
1949 P. Frankau Willow Cabin iii. iii. 261 Retribution..comes at last. Leaden-footed but iron-handed, as my Nanny used to say.
1991 Vanity Fair July 93 Her mother's ironhanded parenting techniques.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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