| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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imperious
1) haughtily domineering; overbearing; 2) urgent
A narcissistic, imperious person is intolerable; don’t work for one, don’t live next-door to one, and above all, don’t marry one.
Related English word: imperiousness
Latin root words: impero, imperare, imperavi, imperatus - to command, order; imperator, imperatoris, m. - general, commander, ruler; imperatorius, imperatoria, imperatorium - of or pertaining to a general; imperatrix, imperatricis, f. - a female commander; imperium, imperi, n. - a command, an order; (supreme) authority
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