The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imperiousness \Im*pe"ri*ous*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance;
   haughtiness.
   [1913 Webster]

         Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of
         treating men who have reason of their own to guide
         them.                                    --Locke.
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