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despotical

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des⋅pot⋅ic

  [di-spot-ik]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
Also, des⋅pot⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1640–50; < F despotique < Gk despotikós. See despot, -ic

Related forms:
des⋅pot⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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