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say it: pur-EMP-tur-ee
peremptory is an adjective meaning "offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power". It carries 3 recorded senses.
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
“an autocratic person”
“autocratic behavior”
“a bossy way of ordering others around”
“a rather aggressive and dominating character”
“managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way”
“a swaggering peremptory manner”
not allowing contradiction or refusal
“spoke in peremptory tones”
“peremptory commands”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for peremptory come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.