Associations to the word «Peremptory»

Wiktionary

PEREMPTORY, adjective. (legal) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. [from 15th c.]
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic. [from 16th c.]
PEREMPTORY, adjective. (obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn. [16th-18th c.]
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial. [from 17th c.]
PEREMPTORY, noun. (law) A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.

Dictionary definition

PEREMPTORY, adjective. 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".
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands".
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.