Imperious

a.	1.	Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious. - Shak.
	2.	Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. - Shak. His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. - Macaulay.
	3.	Imperative; urgent; compelling. Imperious need, which can not be withstood. - Dryden.

Adj.

1.

imperious - able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand" Synonyms: masterful

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