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imperiousness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun imperiousness has 1 sense
- imperiousness(n = noun.attribute) domineeringness, overbearingness - the trait of being imperious and overbearing; Array is a kind of arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
Derived form adjective imperious1
CIDE DICTIONARY
imperiousness, n.
The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness. [1913 Webster]
"Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of treating men who have reason of their own to guide them."
[1913 Webster]
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