Associations to the word «Peremptory»
Noun
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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.