peremptory

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 10, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>peremptory</strong> &#149; \puh-REMP-tuh-ree\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Peremptory</em> means "expressive of urgency or command" or "marked by arrogant self-assurance."</p> <p>// The soldiers were given a <em>peremptory</em> order to abandon the mission.</p> <p>// The company's president has a <em>peremptory</em> manner about her especially at the negotiating table.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peremptory">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Celeste had work e-mails flooding in. Her assistant had taken the entire fall off with a mysterious—even suspect—leg injury and now e-mailed Celeste fifteen times a day demanding, in <em>peremptory</em> and vaguely hostile tones, that Celeste fill out paperwork." — Greg Jackson, <em>The New Yorker</em>, 22 Apr. 2019</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Peremptory</em> comes from Latin <em>perimere</em>, which means "to take entirely" or "to destroy." The prefix <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per-#h4">per-</a></em> means "thoroughly," and <em>emere</em> means "to take." Implying the removal of one's option to disagree or contest something, <em>peremptory</em> stays close to its roots.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>