Imperiousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imperiousness \Im*pe"ri*ous*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance;
     haughtiness.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of


           treating men who have reason of their own to guide
           them.                                    --Locke.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imperiousness
       n : the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn: {domineeringness},
            {overbearingness}]