Imperious
Imperious , adjective
[Latin imperiosus: compare French impérieux. See Imperial.]
1.
Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obsolete]
A vast and imperious mind.
Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness,
Imperious.
2.
Haughty; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.
This imperious man will work us all
From princes into pages.
His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous.
3.
Imperative; urgent; compelling.
Imperious need, which can not be withstood.