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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Imperious \Im*pe"ri*ous\, a. [L. imperiosus: cf F. imp['e]rieux. See {Imperial}.] 1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.] ``A vast and imperious mind.'' --Tilloison. Therefore, great lords, be as your titles witness, Imperious. --Shak. 2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. --Shak. His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. --Macaulay. 3. Imperative; urgent; compelling. Imperious need which can not be withstood. --Dryden. Syn: Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly; tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative; commanding; pressing. Usage: {Imperious}, {Lordly}, {Domineering}. One who is imperious exercises his authority in a manner highly offensive for its spirit and tone; one who is lordly assumes a lofty air in order to display his importance; one who is domineering gives orders in a way to make other feel their inferiority. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: imperious adj : able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand" [syn: {masterful}]
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