peremptory

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 288 words | Copyright

peremptory (leg.) that precludes all debate, question, or delay; decisive, final. XVI. — AN. peremptorie = (O)F. péremptoire — L. peremptōrius deadly, mortal, decisive, f. perempt-, pp. stem of perimere take away entirely, destroy, f. emere take; see PER-3, -ORY.

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