dictatorial (diktatorial)

[= F. dictatorial; as dictatory + -al.] 1. Pertaining to a dictator; absolute; unlimited. Military powers quite dictatorial . Irving. 2. Pertaining to or characteristic of dictation; imperious; overbearing; dogmatic. The disagreeable effect that accompanies a tone inclined to be dictatorial . Disraeli , Coningsby, iv. 4. I have just read yours of the 19th inst. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. Lincoln , in Raymond, p. 210. =Syn. Authoritative , Dogmatic , etc. See magisterial . dictatorially (dik-ta-tō'ri-al-i), adv . In a die = Dan. diktat , a dictate, = OF. dicte , dite , m., a dictation, F. dictée , f., dictation (see ditty ), = Sp. Pg. dicta do = It. dittato , dettato , dicta- tum , usually in pl. dictata , what is dictated, neut. pp. of dictare : see dictate , v . Cf. dight , in quality or state of being dictatorial. These are strong statements; they are made dictatorial- ly , because want of space forbids anything but a ertion. N. A. Rev., CXXVL. 478. The others. Locke . IMG:content-2589.png:[blocks in formation] dictatorialne (dik-ta-to'ri-al-nes), n. A spirit of arrogance and contemptuous dictatorialne . George Eliot, in Cro , III. 212.