imperious
adj/ɪmˈpɪə̯.ɹi.əs/UK/ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əs/US
Etymology
From Latin imperiōsus (“mighty, powerful”), from imperium (“command, authority, power”).
Definitions
Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
- The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine, That with his terrour and imperious eies, Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]
- […] she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
- She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.
Urgent
Urgent; intensely compelling.
- 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.
- An old man to whom a few drops of phosphoric ether had been administered experienced repeated and imperious venereal wants.
Imperial or regal.
- All the terrors of Antichrist; his cruel ediets and anathemas that were thundered from his imperious throne, like storms of fire and brimstone […]
The neighborhood
- neighborimperial
- neighborimperialism
- neighborimperialistic
- neighborimperially
- neighborimperialness
- neighborimperium
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for imperious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA