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| 1. | domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person. |
| 2. | urgent; imperative: imperious need. |
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adj.
[From Latin imperiōsus, from imperium, imperium; see empire.] im·pe'ri·ous·ly adv., im·pe'ri·ous·ness n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
imperious
1541, from L. imperiosus "commanding, mighty, powerful," from imperium "empire, command" (see empire).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| imperious | |
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| having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
imperious [imˈpiəriəs] adjective
proud, behaving as if expecting to be obeyed
Example: an imperious manner
Example: an imperious manner
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Imperious
Dom`i*neer"ing\, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag. Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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