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Word: Peremptory
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (as a legal term): via Anglo-Norman French from Latin peremptorius ‘deadly, decisive’, from perempt- ‘destroyed, cut off’, from the verb perimere, from per- ‘completely’ + emere ‘take, buy’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pəˈrɛm(p)t(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way
Short Definition:insisting on immediate attention
Examples:- ‘Just do it!’ came the peremptory reply
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