imperialnessn.
/ɪmˈpɪərɪəlnəs/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɪriəlnəs/ Imperial quality, dignity, or style. Also (with possessive adjective): a mock title for a haughty or imperial person.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > position or dignity of
emperyc1325
empirea1450
emperorship1574
imperiousness1574
empiredoma1626
imperialness1677
Kaisership1855
Kaiserdom1871
Kaiserate1881
1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 9 It has his Applaud and approve for its due estimation and deserved renown, its noble majestickness and Royal imperialness.
1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 33 Let us..Compute the Time, from Constantines Celebrated Victorious Christian Imperialness, An. 312 to 475.
1760 G. A. Stevens Hist. Tom Fool II. vii. 59 Sudden her Imperialness wou'd arise, and..majestically move out of the Room.
1867 Month Feb. 157 If..Apollodorus was insensible to poverty of imagination, in imperialness of execution he is superb.
1890 Illustr. London News 26 July 106/3 It was pitiful..to see her imperialness strain and fret at the silken meshes of love.
1921 H. W. Nevinson Ess. Freedom & Rebellion vii. 39 She was the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual Imperialness.
1988 D. Eddings Demon Lord of Karanda 165 After my little chat with his pigheaded imperialness, I need something to calm my nerves.
2009 T. Meier Masters of Sex iv. xxxvi. 334 Staffers appreciated Masters's affability compared to Johnson's imperialness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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