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   Per·emp·to·ry

   /pəˈrem(p)t(ə)rē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way: "“Just do it!” came the peremptory reply" Similar brusqueimperioushigh-handedbriskabruptsummarycommandingauthoritativeoverbearingdogmaticautocraticdictatorialbossydomineeringarbitraryarrogantoverweeninglordlytyrannicaldespoticimperialmagisterialauthoritarianemphaticfirminsistentimperativepositive
   • ▪ not open to appeal or challenge; final: "there has been no disobedience of a peremptory order of the court" Similar incontrovertibleirreversiblebindingabsolutefinalconclusivedecisivedefinitivecategoricalirrefutableunconditionalunchallengeableunappealable

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a legal term): via Anglo-Norman French from Latin peremptorius ‘deadly, decisive’, from perempt- ‘destroyed, cut off’, from the verb perimere, from per- ‘completely’ + emere ‘take, buy’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. peremptorily adverb
   • 2. peremptoriness noun

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   adjective. putting an end to all debate or action. “a peremptory decree”. synonyms: decisive. determining or having the power to determine an outcome. adjective. not allowing contradiction or refusal. “spoke in peremptory tones”.

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   adjective. fml us / pəˈremp·tər·i / Add to word list. having the expectation of immediate and complete obedience, or to be obeyed without explanation: In his usual peremptory manner, he ordered us all into the conference room. (Definition of peremptory from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   1. a. Subject to no further debate or dispute; final and unassailable: a peremptory decree. b. Not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative: The officer issued peremptory commands. 2. Offensively self-assured; imperious or dictatorial: a swaggering, peremptory manner.

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   peremptory. adjective. /pəˈremptəri/. /pəˈremptəri/. (formal, disapproving) (especially of somebody’s manner or behaviour) expecting to be obeyed immediately and without questioning or refusing. a peremptory summons. The letter was peremptory in tone. with a peremptory wave of his hand.

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   3 days ago · a. barring further action, debate, question, etc.; final; absolute; decisive. b. not requiring that any cause be shown. a peremptory challenge of a juror. 2. that cannot be denied, changed, delayed, opposed, etc., as a command. 3. intolerantly positive or assured; imperious.

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   Origin peremptory (1200-1300) Latin peremptorius, from perimere “to take completely, destroy”. peremptory meaning, definition, what is peremptory: peremptory behaviour, speech etc is not ...: Learn more.

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   Aug 31, 2023 · ( law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal. Synonyms: positive, absolute, decisive, conclusive, final. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic .