dictaturet (dikta tur)

[= F. dictature = Sp. Pg. dictadura = It. dettatura, dittatura = D. dictatuur = G. dictatur = Dan. Sw. diktatur, dictature Some spake what a strange resolution it was in Lucius Sylla to resign his dictature . Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i. 92. dicteryt (dik'te-ri), n. [= Sp. Pg. dicterio , δεικνύναι , show), but in sense dicere , pp. dict us , say: see diction.] A witty saying; a jest; a scoff. I did heap up all the dicteries I could against women, but now recant. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 558.