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footstall (medicine)


footstall


1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

2. The plinth or base of a pillar.

Origin: Cf. Pedestal.

Source: Websters Dictionary


tyrannical (iou)



tyrannical adjective. M16.
[Old & mod. French tyrannique from Latin tyrannicus from Greek turannikos, from turannos TYRANT: see -AL1, -ICAL.]
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; despotic; arbitrary. M16.
C. Thirlwall Miletus, after the overthrow of a tyrannical dynasty, was split into two factions.
Characteristic of a tyrant; despotically harsh, cruel, or oppressive. M16.
J. Morse His conduct in Poland was..tyrannical and oppressive. A. Stevens A tyrannical father, who..made terrifying scenes whenever he was thwarted.
tyrannial adjective = TYRANNICAL M17-L18.
tyrannically adverb (a) in a tyrannical manner; (b) colloq. exceedingly; violently: M16.
tyrannicalness noun (rare) M17.