imperiose

Italian

Adjective

imperiose

feminine plural of imperioso

Anagrams

emisperio

Latin

Alternative forms

inperiōsē

Etymology

From imperiōsus (“mighty, powerful; imperious, tyrannical”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.riˈoː.seː/, [ɪmpɛriˈoːs̠eː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.riˈo.se/, [imperiˈɔːs̬e]

Adverb

imperiōsē (comparative imperiōsius, no superlative)

imperiously, tyrannically

Related terms

References

“imperiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
imperiose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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