Word of the Day: IMPERIOUS

Commanding obedience or attention

imperious (adj) - arrogant, domineering, and overbearing; dictatorial; urgent or imperative

BREAKDOWN: IMPER- (rule, authority) + -IOUS (full of)

• imperial means of or pertaining to an empire, emperor, or empress; majestic or commanding

See also: imperative

“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.” —Mason Cooley