peremptory (adj.) Old form(s): peremptorie
overbearing, imperious, dictatorial
2H6 II.i.23[Gloucester to Cardinal] Is your priesthood grown peremptory?
2H6 III.i.8[Queen to King, of Gloucester] How insolent of late he is become ... how peremptory
3H6 IV.viii.59[Edward to all] towards Coventry bend we our course, / Where peremptory Warwick now remains
Per II.v.74[Simonides to Thaisa] are you so peremptory? [or: sense 1]
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