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Imperious

//ɪmˈpɪə̯.ɹi.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing. not-comparable

    "The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine, That with his terrour and imperious eies, Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]"

  2. 2
    Urgent; intensely compelling. not-comparable

    "Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth."

  3. 3
    Imperial or regal. not-comparable, obsolete

    "All the terrors of Antichrist; his cruel ediets and anathemas that were thundered from his imperious throne, like storms of fire and brimstone […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy wordnet

Etymology

From Latin imperiōsus (“mighty, powerful”), from imperium (“command, authority, power”).

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