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单词 imperiosity
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imperiosityn.

Brit. /ɪmˌpɪərɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ᵻmˌpɪriˈɑsədi/
Forms: 1600s imperiositie, 1600s 1800s– imperiosity.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin imperiōsus , -ity suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin imperiōsus imperious adj. + -ity suffix. Compare earlier imperiousness n.Compare post-classical Latin imperiositas (14th cent. in British and continental sources), French impériosité (late 16th cent. in Middle French, subsequently from the early 19th cent.).
The quality or fact of being imperious; imperiousness, arrogance.Apparently not recorded in 18th cent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun]
prideOE
overgartc1175
surquidrya1250
stuntisea1327
arrogance1340
insolencec1386
surquidyc1407
succudryc1425
lordliness1440
arrogancy1477
ogartc1480
wantonness?a1505
stateliness1509
insolencya1513
surquidancea1525
superbityc1540
imperiousness1582
surliness1587
super-arrogation1593
insolentness1594
assumption1609
self-assumption1609
huff1611
imperiosity1618
superarrogancy1620
lordship1633
self-assuming1644
alazony1656
high-handednessa1658
fast1673
arrogantness1756
overbearance1766
swaggera1821
huffishness1841
you-be-damnedness1885
high and mighty1924
1618 R. Fowns Trisagion ii. vii. 378 Yet such is the imperiositie of the Romish Church, that no man may read, expound, interpret, but after the rule of this vulgar Latine.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 138 These exorbitances of those sons of Eli..created a very great disgust..and many well enough affected to their Empire, did exceedingly blame their imperiosity.
1866 Musical World 12 May 303/1 Meyerbeer's romance is well suited to Mr. Santley, who sang it imperiously, the imperiosity, nevertheless, softened by the tenderness attaching to the remembrance of the lost Catherine.
1916 J. Gordon & C. J. Gordon Luck of Thirteen xxvii. 347 The archbishop..gave us each a hand as though he expected us to kiss it; he had a huge archiepispocal ring and a lot of imperiosity.
2012 D. J. Collins in K. van Liere et al. Sacred Hist. v. 106 German humanists..had been wounded by Italian imperiosity over the contrasting legacies of Roman greatness and German barbarism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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