Peremptory - Definition
peremptory
adj 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" [syn: autocratic, bossy,
dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial,
peremptory]
2: not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory
tones"; "peremptory commands"
3: putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree"