7 March 2015

imperious

[im-peer-ee-uh s]

adjective
1. domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing:
an imperious manner; an imperious person.
2. urgent; imperative:
imperious need.

Origin
Latin
1535-1545; < Latin imperiōsus commanding, tyrannical, equivalent to imperi (um) imperium + -ōsus -ous

Related forms
imperiously, adverb
imperiousness, noun
nonimperious, adjective
nonimperiously, adverb
nonimperiousness, noun

Can be confused
imperative, imperial, imperious.

Synonyms
1. tyrannical, despotic, arrogant. 2. necessary.

Antonyms
1. submissive. 2. unnecessary.

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Examples from the web for imperious
– One element of that style was his imperious sense of command.
– He would fain beg off from the acquisition, and shake the touch of the tangible from his imperious wings.
– The emperor at length resolved no longer to brook his imperious behaviour, and bear with his insolence.

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Today’s aphorism

If you’re helping someone and expecting something in return, you’re doing business not kindness.

– Unknown

On this day

7 March 1876 – Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.

7 March 1958 – birth of Rik Mayall, British comedian and actor. Starred in The Young Ones, Bottom, Black Adder and Drop Dead Fred. Died 9 June 2014.

7 March 1988 – Cyclone Bola strikes Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne/East Cape region of north-eastern New Zealand. It is one of the costliest cyclones to hit N.Z. Three people were killed and thousands were evacuated.

7 March 1999 – death of Stanley Kubrick, legendary movie producer. Some of his movies include ‘2001 – A Space Odyssey’, ‘The Shining’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and ‘Eyes Wide Shut’.

7 March 2011 – Charlie Sheen fired from U.S. sitcom, ‘Two and a Half Men’ after allegations of drug abuse.