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peremptory

pe·remp·tory

UK/pəˈɹɛmptəɹi/ US/pɜrˈɛmptɜri/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

  • “an autocratic person”
  • “autocratic behavior”
  • “a bossy way of ordering others around”
  • “a rather aggressive and dominating character”
  • “managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way”
  • “a swaggering peremptory manner”
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2.

not allowing contradiction or refusal

  • “spoke in peremptory tones”
  • “peremptory commands”
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3.

putting an end to all debate or action

  • “a peremptory decree”
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Origin

From Anglo-Norman peremptorie, parentorie et al. (Modern French péremptoire), and its source, Latin peremptōrius (“deadly; precluding debate, decisive”), from perimō (“destroy, thwart”), from per- (“thorough”) + emō (“to obtain, buy”).

Phrases

  • peremptory challenge

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