despoot
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French despote, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin despota, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛsˈpoːt/
- Hyphenation: des‧poot
- Rhymes: -oːt
Noun
despoot m (plural despoten, diminutive despootje n)
- despot
- Synonyms: dwingeland, tiran
Derived terms
- despotendom
- despotie
- despotiek
- despotisch
- despotisme