# peremptory

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pəˈɹɛmptəɹi/ · frequency rank #86,623

## Definitions
1. Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
2. (of a date or deadline) Absolutely requiring compliance or attendance; brooking no further delay; to proceed whether a party attends or not; final.
3. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.
4. Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn.
5. Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman peremptorie, parentorie et al. (Modern French péremptoire), and its source, Latin peremptōrius (“deadly; precluding debate, decisive”), from perimō (“destroy, thwart”), from per- (“thorough”) + emō (“I obtain, buy”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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