tyrannicidal

English

Etymology

From tyrannicide +‎ -al.

Adjective

tyrannicidal (comparative more tyrannicidal, superlative most tyrannicidal)

1. Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
   • 1799, Alexander Geddes, A Sermon, Preached on the Day of General Fast, February 27, 1799:

     The Jeſuits and Janſeniſts of France, although they differed in almoſt every other reſpect, agreed in their hoſtility to temporal deſpotic power: and one of the greateſt charges, brought againſt the former, was their tyrannicidal doctrine.

References

• “tyrannicidal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.