Definizione monolingua

peremptory

peremptory (comparative more peremptory, superlative most peremptory)

1. (law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. [from 15th c.]
   • 1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law, II:

     there is no reason but if any of the outlawries be indeed without error, but it should be a peremptory plea to the person in a writ of error, as well as in any other action.

2. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic. [from 16th c.]
   • 2003, Andrew Marr, The Guardian, 6 Jan 03:

     He marched under a placard reading ""End Bossiness Now"" but decided it was a little too peremptory, not quite British, so changed the slogan on subsequent badges, to ""End Bossiness Soon.""

3. (obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn. [16th-18th c.]
4. Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial. [from 17th c.]
   • 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1:

     […] less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book. Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.

   • 1999, Anthony Howard, The Guardian, 2 Jan 99:

     Though today (surveying that yellowing document) I shudder at the peremptory tone of the instructions I gave, Alastair - in that same volume in which I get chastised for my coverage of the Macmillan rally - was generous enough to remark that my memorandum became an office classic.

Definizione dizionario peremptory

	inconfutabile
	(law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal

	irrefutabile
	(law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal

	perentorio
	Positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic

Altri significati:

(law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. [from 15th c.]

Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic. [from 16th c.]

Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial. [from 17th c.]

imperious, dictatorial

(obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn. [16th-18th c.]