ultratyrannical

English

Alternative forms

• ultra-tyrannical

Etymology

ultra- +‎ tyrannical

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʌltɹətɪˈɹæ.nɪ.kl̩/

Adjective

ultratyrannical (comparative more ultratyrannical, superlative most ultratyrannical)

1. (rare) Extraordinarily tyrannical; of utmost tyranny.
   • 1851, Edward Augustus Milman, Arthur Conway; or, Scenes in the Tropics‎^[1], Colburn and Company, page 83:

     Guadaloupe, retaken from the English, was now the headquarters of this worthy delegate from the Convention, and from thence he published the following edict, which will give some idea of the tone assumed by these ultratyrannical republicans.

   • 1920, Paul-Louis Courier, Ernest Weekley, Paul-Louis Courier: A Selection from the Works‎^[2], Longmans, Green & Company, pages 29­-30:

     There is tragic irony in the fact that this assailant of public tyranny was the victim of a batred inspired by his own ultratyrannical conduct in private life, and that his slayers were those greedy, brutish peasants, whom he loved to depict in his pamphlets as harmless Arcadians in danger of being corrupted by a vicious court and a debauched nobility (see p. 141).

   • 2021 February 23, BioMagus, “The Game Known As Oddity - Formal Complaint Letter #4327”, in reddit.com‎^[3]:

     The other vision is hopeful, generous, and confident in the knowledge that over time, Oddity’s litanies have progressed from being merely tyrannical to being supertyrannical, hypertyrannical, and recently ultratyrannical.