peremptoriness

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English

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Etymology

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From peremptory +‎ -ness.

Noun

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peremptoriness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being peremptory
    • 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 7, in The Mayor of Casterbridge[1]:
      Mrs. Stannidge thereupon said with a considerate peremptoriness that she and her mother had better take their own suppers if they meant to have any.
    • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 23, in Billy Budd[2], London: Constable & Co.:
      For suddenly the drum beat to quarters, which familiar sound happening at least twice every day, had upon the present occasion a signal peremptoriness in it.

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