peremptory

Meaning

Adj

1. Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
2. (of a date or deadline) Absolutely requiring compliance or attendance; brooking no further delay; to proceed whether a party attends or not; final.
3. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.
4. (obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn.
5. Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.

Noun

A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.

Synonyms

imperative

magisterial

final

authoritative

bossy

autocratic

despotic

dogmatic

unconditional

absolute

categorical

positive

definite

definitive

high-and-mighty

imperious

stringent

decisive

sharp

dominating

mandatory

haughty

inflexible

intransigent

magistral

obligate

officious

overbearing

pat

perpendicular

rigorous

rough

stark

steep

stern

strict

tight

ultimate

ultra

unappealable

uncompromising

unconditioned

unflinching

unquestionable

unquestioning

utmost

wilful

willful

downward-sloping

self assertive

Translations

péremptoire

perentorio

perentorio

unabweisbar

autoritario

kati

beslist

entschieden

categorisch

pertinent

bestimmt

teqez

نهائي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈɹɛmptəɹi/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman peremptorie, parentorie et al. (Modern French péremptoire), and its source, Latin peremptōrius (“deadly; precluding debate, decisive”), from perimō (“destroy, thwart”), from per- (“thorough”) + emō (“I obtain, buy”).