Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PE'RI-OUS-NESS
IM-PE'RI-OUS-LYIM-PER'ISH-A-BLE
IM-PE'RI-OUS-NESS, n.
- Authority; air of command. South
- Arrogance of command; haughtiness. Imperiousness and severity is an ill way of treating men who have reason to guide them. Locke
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