Imperious
Bible Usage:
- imperious used once.
- Bible Reference: Ezekiel 16:30
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H7986 Used 1 time
IMPE'RIOUS, adjective [Latin imperiosus.]
1. Commanding; dictatorial; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; domineering; as an imperious tyrant; an imperious dictator; an imperious man; an imperious temper.
2. Commanding; indicating an imperious temper; authoritative; as imperious words.
3. Powerful; overbearing; not to be opposed by obstacles; as a man of a vast and imperious mind.
4. Commanding; urgent; pressing; as imperious love; imperious circumstances; imperious appetite.
5. Authoritative; commanding with rightful authority.
The commandment high and imperious in its claims.
IMPE'RIOUSLY, adverb With arrogance of command; with a haughty air of authority; in a domineering manner.
1. With urgency or force not to be opposed.
IMPE'RIOUSNESS, noun Authority; air of command.
1. Arrogance of command; haughtiness.
Imperiousness and severity is an ill way of treating men who have reason to guide them.