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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

imperious †imperial; †sovereign, majestic; overbearing. XVI. — L. imperiōsus, f. imperium command, EMPIRE; see -IOUS.

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