Peremptory
WordNet
adjective
(1) Putting an end to all debate or action
"A peremptory decree"
(2) Not allowing contradiction or refusal
"Spoke in peremptory tones"
"Peremptory commands"
(3) 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"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
- Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatic.
- Firmly determined; unawed.
- 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1:
- less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book. Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.
- 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1: