单词 | iron-handed |
释义 | iron-handedadj. Acting or ruling with an iron hand (iron hand n. 1); firm, inflexible; severe, rigorous. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1608 |
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