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[ όνυμα, name. In zool. and bot., a name based upon an indication of type species of type specimen. Coues, The Auk (1884), VI. 321. typonymal (ti-pon'i-mal), a. Same as typoо nymic. typonymic (tip-oor ti-pō-nim'ik), a. [ The typorama , a plaster of Paris model of the Undercliff, Isle of Wight. First Year of a Silken Reign , p. 214. typto logical (tip-to-loj'i-kal), a . [ typtolog -y +-ic-al.] Of or pertaining to typtology. typto log ist (tip-tol'ō-jist), n. [ typtolog - y + -ist .] In spiritualism , one by whose agency the tyrant, n. and v. An obsolete form of tyrant . tyranne t (ti'ran-es), n. [ tyran + -e .] A female tyrant. And now the tyranne e beares all the stroke, Clogging her suffering neck with servile yoke. tyrannic (ti-ran'ik), a. [F. tyrannique = Sp. tiránico = Pg . tyrannico = It. tirannico, tyrannic us , ML. tirannicus , τυραννικός , of or pertaining to a tyrant, τύραννος , tyrant: see tyrant.] Same as tyrannical . Brute violence and proud tyrannic power. Milton , P. R., i. 218. tyrannical (ti-ran'i-kal), a . [ tyrannic + -al.] 1. Having the character of a tyrant; acting like a tyrant; despotic in rule or procedure; arbitrary; imperious: as, a tyrannical master. -2. Pertaining to or characteristic of a tyrant; unjustly severe in operation; oppre ive: as, a tyrannical government; tyrannical actions. In this point charge him home, that he affects Tyrannical power. = Syn. Domineering, severe, oppre ive, galling, grind- ing. See despotism . tyrannically (ti-ran'i-kal-i), adv . In a tyran- nical manner; with arbitrary or oppre ive ex- ercise of power. Shak ., Hamlet, ii. 2. 356. tyrannicalne (ti-ran'i-kal-nes), n. Tyran- nical disposition or practice. tyrannicidal (tī-ran'i-si-dal), a . [ tyranni- cide, tyrannicida , a slayer of a tyrant, tyrannus , tyrant, + -cid a , cædere , slay.] One who kills a tyrant. Hear what Xenophon says in Hiero: "People... erect Statues in their Temples to the Honour of Tyrannicides ." Milton , Answer to Salmasius, v. tyran nine (tir'a-nin), a . Of or pertaining to the Tyranninæ ; relating to or resembling the genus Tyrannus : in a narrow sense applied to the larger tyrant-flycatchers, in distinction from the smaller tyrannuline forms. Tyranniscus cus (tir-a-nis'kus), n. [NL. (Cabanis and Heine, 1859), dim. of Tyrannus , ann us , q. v.] A genus of small tyr tyrant-flycatchers, of the sub- family Elæniinæ , containing about 11 species, ranging from Guatemala to southern Brazil, as T. nigricapillus and T. cinereiceps . tyrannise, v. See tyrannize . tyrannisht sht (tira-nish), (tī'ra-nish), ish), a. a . a. [ ti- rannish; tyran an + -ish1 .] Like a tyrant; char- act eristic of a tyrant; tyrannical. The proude tirannish Romain Tarquinius, which was than king. Gower, Conf. Amant., vii. tyrannize (tir'a-nīz), v .; pret. and pp. tyran- nized , ppr. tyrannizing. [F. tyranniser = Sp . tiranizar = Pg. tyrannizar = It. tirannizzare , tyrant .] I. in trans. 1. To act as a tyrant; exercise tyrannical power; rule despotically or cruelly: used of persons, with over before an object. What time I threw the people's suffrages On him that thus doth tyrannize o'er me. Shak., Tit. And., iv. 3. 20. Hence-2. To have a tyrannical influence; exercise oppre ive restraint; maintain arb i- trary control: used of things, commonly with IMG:content-1195.png:[blocks in formation] Also spelled tyrannise . tyrannoid (tir'a-noid), a. [ Tyrannus + -oid .] Resembling or related to a tyrant-bird; be- longing to the Tyran no ideæ . Tyrannus + -oideæ .] A superfamily of pa er- ine birds, containing those families of Pa eres which have a mesomyodian tracheobronchial syrinx and an independently movable hallux, di- vided into Hetero meri and Homœomer i , accord- ing to the situation of the main artery of the thigh, and consisting of the families Xenicidæ (New Zealand), Philepittidæ (Madagascar), Pittidæ (Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian), and the American Tyrannidæ , Pipridæ , Cotin- gidæ , and Phytotomidæ. Nine tenths of the species are American, and most of these Neo- tropical. tyrannous (tir'a-nus), a. [ And, like the tyrannous breathing of the north, Shakes all our buds from growing. And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong. Cole ridge, Ancient Mariner, i. tyrannously (tir'a-nus-li), adv . In a tyran- nous manner; with tyrannical force or intent; despotically; cruelly. There, being both together in the floud, They each at other tyrannously flew. Spenser, F. Q., V. ii. 13. Julius before his Death tyrannously had made himself Milton, Hist. Eng., ii. ing the true tyrant-flycatchers, of arboreal hab- its, and usually more or le extensively oliva- Emperor of the Roman Commonwealth. ceo us coloration, sometimes gray, varied chief- ly with white or yellow, and often with a bright- colored spot on the crown. Birds of this group abound throughout the woodlands of America, from the limit of trees both north and south, and play an important part in the economy of nature, comparable to that of the true flycatchers ( Muscicapidæ ) of the Old World. In the United States the sci ortail ( Milvulus forficatus ), the common kingbird or bee-martin ( Tyrannus carol in ens is ), the great crested flycatcher ( My i arch us crinitus ), the pewit or water- pewee ( Sayornis (or Empidias ) fusc us ), the wood-pewee or phœbe-bird ( Con top us virens ), and several smallest fly catch ers of the genus Empidonax furnish characteristic exam- ples of the Tyrannina . There are in all about 20 genera. Tyrannula (ti-ran'u-lä), n. [NL. (Swains on, 1827), dim. of Tyrannus , q. v.] 1. A genus of tyrannuline flycatchers, the type of which is T. barbata . It has been loosely used for many small olivaceous species now distributed in different genera. Owing to its similarity to the name Tyrannulus of prior date, it is now disused, the species properly belonging to Tyrannula being called Myiobius . 2. [l. c.] A small tyrant-flycatcher of the above or some related genus; a tyrannuline. tyrannuline (ti-ran'u-lin), a. and n. rannula + -inel.] I. a. Pertaining or related IMG:content-1196.jpg:[graphic][merged small] and Central and South America. See cut under king - bird . tyranny (tir'a-ni), n.; pl. tyrannies (-niz). [ tirannye , tyrannie = Pr. ti- rannia Sp . tiranía = Pg. tyrannia = It. tiran- nia, tyrannia , tyrania , pavviç , tyranny, τύραννος , a tyrant: see tyrant .] 1. The rule of a tyrant in the ancient sense; the personal government of one of the Greek tyrants; a state or government having an un- controlled ruler bearing the title of tyrant. His [Cypselus's] moderation and clemency are allowed by all; yet he is universally called by the Grecian writers Tyrant of Corinth, and his government a Tyranny . J. Adams , Works, IV. 507. IMG:content-1197.png:[blocks in formation] tyranny 6. Severity; harshne ; stringency. The tyranny of the open night's too rough For nature to endure. Shak . , Lear, iii. 4. 2. =Syn. 1. Despotism, Autocracy, etc. See despotism.-4. Oppre ion, Despotism, etc. See oppre ion.