Peremptory

Definitions: Peremptory

Peremptory

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in commanding (or peremptory) tones"; "peremptory commands".

3. Putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree".

Date "peremptory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Peremptory

Synonyms: autocratic (adj), bossy (adj), commanding (adj), dominating (adj), high-and-mighty (adj), magisterial (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affirmation	Pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant; positive; certain; express, explicit; (patent); absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory; unretracted; predicable.
Compulsion	Adjective: compelling; Verb: coercive, coactive; inexorable; compulsory, compulsatory; obligatory, stringent, peremptory.
Duty	Adjective: obligatory, binding; imperative, peremptory; stringent; (severe); behooving; Verb: incumbent on, chargeable on; under obligation; obliged by, bound by, tied by; saddled with.
Government	Ruling; Verb: regnant, gubernatorial; imperious; authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute; hegemonic, hegemonical; authorized; (due).
Refusal	Declinature; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance.
Resolution	Adjective: resolved; Verb: determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute; (brave); self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking; firm, iron, gritty, indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi; inflexible; (hard); obstinate; steady; (persevering) a.
Severity	Adjective: severe; strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell, relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative; coercive; tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial; inclement; (ruthless) a; cruel; (malevolent); haughty, arrogant; precisian.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Peremptory

English words defined with "peremptory": autocratic ♦ bossy, brusk, brusque ♦ commanding, curt ♦ demand, dominating ♦ high-and-mighty ♦ magisterial ♦ nonracial ♦ Peremptoriness, Peremptory challenge, Peremptory mandamus, Peremptory plea ♦ short ♦ ultimatum ♦ Why-not. (references)

Specialty definitions using "peremptory": Come Down upon One. (references)

Etymologies containing "peremptory": Why-not. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Batson Vs. Kentucky's Impact on the Use of Peremptory Challenges in North Carolina Courts (Special Series No. 7) (reference) Report on peremptory challenges in civil jury trials (reference) (more book examples)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	A proper consideration for calamities and difficulties of this nature has made us less urgent and peremptory in our demands for justice than duty to our fellow citizens would under other circumstances have required.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Peremptory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peremptory" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	87	35,390

Expressions using "peremptory": peremptory challenge ♦ peremptory command ♦ peremptory mandamus ♦ peremptory plea ♦ peremptory writ. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "peremptory": non-peremptory.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "peremptory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përfundimtar (closing, completive, concluding, conclusive, definitive, determinate, eventual, final, illative, net, terminal), i rëndë (arduous, artless, awkward, bad, bulky, burdensome, cubbish, cumbersome, cumbrous, dead, difficile, elephantine, grave, grievous, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, incondite, knock about, leaden, lumping, massive, oafish, onerous, plodding, ponderous, portly, serious, set up, severe, solemn, stertorous, stodgy, tricky, unwieldy, wakeless, weighty), i prerë (amputated, categorical, crisp, curdy, curt, cut, felled, firm, flat, flat-footed, hewn, indented, Nick, outright, positive, pronounced, shorn, short, straight out, toreutic, truncated), i pakundërshtueshëm (axiomatic, axiomatical, dogmatic, incontestable, incontrovertible, irrefragable, irrefutable, unassailable), autoritar (authoritarian, authoritative, commanding, domineering, high handed, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing). (various references)

Arabic		‏نهائي (conclusive, definitive, eventual, extreme, final, firm, irrevocable, radical, ultimate), ‏قاطع (boycott, break away, categorical, chip, conclusive, decisive, definite, disruption, disturb, dogmatic, edgy, final, have no truck with, incisive, interrupt, keen, partition, positive, sharp, unqualified), ‏حاسم (absolute, categorical, conclusive, critical, crucial, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, fateful, final, high, pivotal, unqualified), ‏أمري (imperative, magisterial), ‏آمري, ‏ديكتاتوري, ‏بات قاطع او حاسم. (various references)

Bulgarian		решителен (chopping, crisp, decided, decisive, determined, drastic, fateful, flat-footed, heroic, high-spirited, obstinate, plucky, plump, point blank, pronounced, purposeful, purposive, resolute, ringing, stable, stalwart, straight out, strong-minded, sturdy, thoroughgoing, trenchant, ultimate, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, utter, winning), властен (authoritative, dictatorial, domineering, high handed, imperious, masterful, overmastering, possessive, self-assertive), окончателен (categorical, clean, definitive, determinate, eventual, final, irrevocable, last, net), недопускащ възражение, заповеднически (dogmatic, imperative, imperious, magisterial, overbearing), безусловен (absolute, perfect, termless, unconditional, unconditioned, unreserved), безапелационен (imperative), положителен (absolute, affirmative, indisputable, positive), деспотичен (bossy, despotic, domineering, heavy-handed, masterful, tyrannical). (various references)

Czech		zásadní (underlying), urèitý (certain, declarative, definite, determinate, positive, some, specific, strict, such and such), rozhodný (assertive, categorical, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, determined, firm, point blank, resolute, strong, strong-minded, unhesitating, unqualified), rázný (brisk, crisp, energetic, firm, powerful, sharp), autoritářský (authoritarian). (various references)

Dutch		pertinent (firm, resolute), categorisch (firm, resolute), beslist (absolutely, definitely, firm, resolute, without fail). (various references)

Esperanto		kategoria (firm, resolute). (various references)

Farsi		قطعی (Absolute, Categorical, Conclusive, Cretain, Decisive, Definite, Irrevocable, Last, Positive, Sure, Trenchant, Ultimatum, Uncompromising, Unconditional), خودرای (Absolute, Headstrong, Hidebound, Nonconformist, Obstinate, Opinionated, Wayward), امرانه (Imperious), شتاب امیز, بی چون وچرا (Incontestable, Incontrovertible, Indisputable, Indubitable). (various references)

French		péremptoire, décisif. (various references)

German		unabweisbar (irrefutable), entschieden (accomplished, authoritatively, crisp, decided, decidedly, decisive, definitely, determined, distinct, emphatic, emphatically, firm, peremptorily, resolute, resolutely, staunch, uncompromising, utter). (various references)

Greek		προστακτικόσ (imperative, mandatory), επιτακτικόσ (authoritative, imperative, mandatory), ανένδοτοσ (uncompromising, unflinching), αυταρχικόσ (autocratic, autocratical, bossy, despotic, imperious, magisterial, officious, overbearing, self-assertive), αυθαίρετοσ (arbitrary, wilful, willful), οριστικόσ (definite, definitive). (various references)

Hebrew		תקיף (assertive, determined, emphatic, forceful, mighty, powerful, resolute, vehement), �"חלטי (absolute, assertive, decisive, forthright, purposeful, stout, tenacious), � חרץ (decided, determined, resolved). (various references)

Hungarian		végérvényes, feltétlen (absolute, categorical, express, positive, unconditional), önkényes (absolutistic, arbitrary, discretionary, high handed, wanton). (various references)

Italian		perentorio (final, imperative), tassativo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		厳命 (peremptory command, strict order). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�'�"めい (assertion, declaration, peremptory command, statement, strict order). (various references)

Manx		gyn obbal (unchallenged, uncontested, undeniably), glen (chaste, clean, clear, clearcut, cloudless, downright, emphatic, fair, flat, flat of refusal, fresh-coloured, hygienic, liquidate, nett, pure, sheer, to a T, unclouded, unclouded of vision, undefiled). (various references)

Pig Latin		eremptorypay

Portuguese		peremptório (magistracy), peregrino (pilgrim), intransigente (intransitive, uncomplying, uncompromising), imperioso (bounden, imperious, masterful, overbilling), ditatorial (dictatorial, dog collar, magisterial, overbearing), decisivo (closing, conclusive, crucial, decisive, definitive, determinative, final, forthright, incisive, striking, winning), autoritário (authoritarian, bossy, commanding, dictatorial, dog-cheap, domineering, emphatically, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, self-assertive). (various references)

Romanian		poruncitor (authoritative, imperative, imperatively, imperious, masterful, overbearing, overbearingly), fãrã apel (peremptorily), energic (a live wire, active, alive, brisk, buoyant, dapper, drastic, dynamic, emphatic, energetic, energetically, forcible, full of beans, humming, iron, keen, lively, living, managing, mightily, peppy, pushful, pushing, sharp, snappy, stout, stoutly, strenuous, strong, strong-minded, trenchant, virile), dogmatic (assertive, doctrinal, dogmatic, dogmatically, opinionated, opinioned, scholastic, sectarian), definitiv (clearly, conclusive, definitive, definitively, determinate, final, for good and all, indefeasible, last, ultimate), categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified). (various references)

Russian		безапелляционный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		konačan (conclusive, definitive, eventual, finite, terminal, ultimate). (various references)

Spanish		perentorio (assertive, final, imperative), autoritario (authoritarian, authoritative, bossy). (various references)

Swedish		diktatorisk (authoritarian, dictatorial, magisterial, totalitarian), bestämd (assertive, assuredly, clear-cut, concise, definite, determined, devoted, emphatic, express, fixed, given, intended, meant, particular, positive, resolute, set, settled, specific, without fail). (various references)

Turkish		olumlu (affirmative, assertive, content, favorable, favourable), mutlâk (absolute, certain, extreme, infallible, plenipotentiary, positively, sovereign, sov'ran, strict, unconditional, unconditioned, unqualified, utter, very), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, exact, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), buyurucu (authoritative, imperative, imperious, masterful). (various references)

Ukranian		імперативний (imperative), безапеляційний (excathedral), догматичний (assertive, doctrinal, dogmatic, dogmatical, oracular, oraculous, pontifical, pragmatical). (various references)

Vietnamese		thiết yếu giáo điều; độc đoán, nhất quyết (determined), kiên quyết (deadset, decidedly, resolute, resolved, set, stiff, strong-willed, sturdy), dứt khoát tối cần, cưỡng bách quả quyết, độc t� i (dictatorial). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	peremptorius. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Peremptory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peremptery, peremptry, peremtory, perremptory, premtory, preremptory. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "peremptory" (pronounced pere"mpterē)
3	-t er ē	adultery, alimentary, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, complimentary, contradictory, coterie, directory, documentary, eatery, effrontery, factory, flattery, glittery, history, introductory, jittery, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, olfactory, parliamentary, perfunctory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rectory, refractory, rotary, rudimentary, satisfactory, sedimentary, splintery, supplementary, testamentary, trajectory, unsatisfactory, upholstery, valedictory, victory, watery.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: preemptory.
	Words within the letters "e-e-m-o-p-p-r-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: preemptor, pyrometer.
	-2 letters: prompter, property.
	-3 letters: emperor, preempt, preterm, pretype, remoter.
	-4 letters: emoter, empery, meteor, metope, mopery, mopper, moppet, perter, peyote, poetry, popery, porter, pretor, preyer, prompt, proper, pyrope, remote, report, retore, retype, romper, ropery, temper, termer, termor, topper, tremor, trompe.
	-5 letters: emery, emote, empty, merer, merry, meter, metre, metro, moper, mopey, motey, myope, ormer.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-m-o-p-p-r-r-t-y"
	+2 letters: peremptorily.
	+3 letters: hypermetropia, hypermetropic.
	+4 letters: hypermetropias.
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