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Webster 1913 Edition
Imperiousness
Im-pe′ri-ous-ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.
Imperiousness
and severity is but an ill way of treating men who have reason of their own to guide them. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imperiousness
IMPE'RIOUSNESS
,Noun.
1.
Arrogance of command; haughtiness. Imperiousness and severity is an ill way of treating men who have reason to guide them.
Definition 2024
imperiousness
imperiousness
English
Noun
imperiousness (usually uncountable, plural imperiousnesses)
- The quality of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness; urgency.
Translations
being imperious
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References
- imperiousness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911