Definition of Imperious

1. Adjective. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. "A more swaggering mood than usual"


Definition of Imperious

1. a. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

Definition of Imperious

1. Adjective. Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing. ¹

2. Adjective. Urgent. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Imperial or regal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Imperious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperious

imperiality
imperialize
imperialized
imperializes
imperializing
imperially
imperials
imperil
imperiled
imperiling
imperilled
imperilling
imperilment
imperilments
imperils
imperious (current term)
imperiously
imperiousness
imperiousnesses
imperipinnate
imperishability
imperishable
imperishableness
imperishables
imperishably
imperishingness
imperium
imperiums
impermanence
impermanences

Literary usage of Imperious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... and well kept, and very convenient for travellers : but nothing was more awkward to me, than to fee fuch an haughty, imperious, ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1915)
"the longer he lives in the practice of tyranny the more imperious he becomes." " That is inevitable," said Glaucon, taking his turn in the discussion. IV. ..."

3. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"... by the great charm of her manner, to have taken the place in the queen's affections of her imperious predecessor (see DARTMOUTH'S note to BURNET, vi. ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... powerful in him than the poetic impulse, the disposition to analyze and to teach more imperious than the promptness to feel and the tendency to' sing. ..."

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