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imperious
English
Etymology
From Latin imperi?sus (“mighty, powerful”), from imperium (“command, authority, power”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p???i.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?p??i.?s/
- Rhymes: -??ri?s
Adjective
imperious (not comparable)
- Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
- 1866 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth
- ...she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
- 1866 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth
- Urgent.
- 1891 – Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.
- 1891 – Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- (obsolete) Imperial or regal.
- 1899 – Stephen Crane, The Angel Child, Whilomville Stories
- She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.
- 1899 – Stephen Crane, The Angel Child, Whilomville Stories
Synonyms
- (domineering): authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing
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Translations
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stubborn
English
Etymology
From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn. Origin uncertain.
One theory is that the origin may come from *stybor, *stibor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + adj. formative -or as in Old English bitor, English bitter.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?st?b?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?st?b?n/
- Rhymes: -?b?(?)n
- Hyphenation: stub?born
Adjective
stubborn (comparative stubborner, superlative stubbornest)
- Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
- Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
Synonyms
- willful, headstrong, wayward, obstinate, obdurate, contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, undisciplined, adamant, unyielding, rebellious
- See also Thesaurus:obstinate, perseverant, persistent, enduring
Derived terms
- stubbornly
- stubbornness
Translations
Noun
stubborn (uncountable)
- (informal) Stubbornness.
- A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.
Further reading
- stubborn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- stubborn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- stubborn at OneLook Dictionary Search
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