peremptoriness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
peremptory + -ness
Noun[edit]
peremptoriness (uncountable)
- 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.
Translations[edit]
the quality of being peremptory
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