The adjective "peremptory" describes something dictatorial, expressing command or urgency, or not admitting any question or contradiction.
El adjetivo "perentorio" describe algo dictatorial, que expresa orden o urgencia, o que no admite cuestionamiento ni contradicción.
| Front | peremptory \puh-REMP-tuh-ree\ |
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| Back | adjective: 1. Dictatorial. 2. Expressing command or urgency. 3. Not admitting any question or contradiction. [From Latin peremptorius (decisive), from perimere (to take away), from per- (thoroughly) + emere (to take). Ultimately from the Indo-European root em- (to take or distribute) that is also the source of words such as example, sample, assume, consume, prompt, ransom, vintage, and redeem.] "'Easily provoked by minor irritations,' wrote Dimbleby about this period, '[Charles] became uncharacteristically impatient and peremptory.' The smallest things would prompt verbal abuse or 'sudden outbursts of rage'." |
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