单词 | overlording |
释义 | overlordingadj. That dominates or rules; that lords it over others; domineering. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing masterfulc1390 pontificalc1440 overmasterfula1450 headya1513 imperious1529 supercilious1536 masterlya1544 termagant1546 law-like1556 masterlike1580 dictator-like1582 peremptory1590 domineering1598 burly1605 high-handed1606 pontificial1613 lording1629 overlordingc1629 pontifician1629 peremptor1630 dictatory1639 predominant1642 dictatorial1692 pontific1716 overbearing1718 dictativea1774 knock-me-down1848 imponenta1882 bossy1882 heavy-handed1883 seigneurial1970 c1629 A. Leighton Appeal to Parl. (ed. 2) 8 Overlording Prelacie, sitting in the Temple of God is Popish Prelacie. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xlii. 207 The great Austrian Empire, Cæsarian, heir to overlording Rome. 1910 J. Galsworthy Sheaf (1916) 132 Our dim consciousness of this serene and overlording principle of Equity. 1992 Internat. Affairs 68 370 Only a strong external overlording force like the ‘old’ Soviet Union could perhaps do that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1629 |
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