tyranninæ

pl. [Mod. Latin tyrann (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- ince.] Ornithology : *1. A sub-family of Muscicapide, equivalent to the modern Tyrannide (q. v.). 2. The typical sub-family of Tyrannide, with seventeen genera and eighty-nine species, having the range of the family. *tyr-an-ning, a. [Mid. Eng. tyran a tyrant; -ing .] Tyrannizing, tyrannical. *ty-răn-ni-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. tyrannious; -ly.] Tyrannically. "Mana es then his wife would not con troule Tyranniously." Hudson: Judith , iv. 224. *týr-an-nişe, s . [TYRANNIZE.] Tyranny, oppres sion. "So that there be no tyrannise, Whereof that he his people greue." Gower: C. A. , viii, *tyr'-an-nish, *tyr-an-ni he, adj . [Mid. Eng. tyran =a tyrant; -ish .] Like a tyrant; tyrannical. "The proude tyrannis she Romeyne." Gower: C. A. , vii. tyr-an-nize, v. i . & t . [French tyranniser , from Lat. tyrannizo , from Greek tyrannizō =to take the part of a tyrant, to act as a tyrant; Sp. tiranizar; Ital. tirannizare .] A. In trans.: To act the tyrant; to exercise tyrannical, arbitrary, or despotic power; to rule with unjust and oppre ive severity; to act arbitrarily, despotically, imperiously, or with unnece ary severity. "My poor heart knows only how to love, And, finding this, you tyrannize the more." "A terrible little tyranne ." Mas singer: Renegado, v. 3. IMG:content-1637.png:[blocks in formation] "In his ignorant exultation, he ordered these tracts to be printed with the utmost pomp of typography ." - Macau lay: Hist. Eng ., ch. vi.