tirannye

• tyrannye, thyrannye, tirannie, tyrrannye, tyranne, tyrauny, tyranny, tyranye, tyreny, tyranye, tiranye, thyrranny thirannye, tiraundie, tirandie, tirauntye

From Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía); equivalent to and influenced by tyraunt +‎ -ie.

• IPA^(key): /tiˈraniː(ə)/, /ˈtiraniː(ə)/

tirannye (uncountable)

1. Tyranny, tyrannical deeds; the harsh and merciless actions of a ruler.
2. A tyrannical deed; a ruler's harsh, tyrannical and merciless action.
3. Harshness, cruelness, ruthless, torment; the state of being excessively cruel.
4. The total control that a specified feeling has upon someone.
5. (rare) What an absolute monarch does and decides.

• English: tyranny
• Scots: tyranny

• “tirannī(e, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.
• “tiraundīe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.