peremptoriness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English peremptory Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English peremptoriness From peremptory + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being peremptory
For suddenly the drum beat to quarters, which familiar sound happening at least twice every day, had upon the present occasion a signal peremptoriness in it.
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 23, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:Mrs. Stannidge thereupon said with a considerate peremptoriness that she and her mother had better take their own suppers if they meant to have any.
1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 7, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
Translations (2)
pl bezapelacyjność (the quality of being peremptory) · it perentorietà (the quality of being peremptory)