opinionate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /əˈpɪnjəneɪt/
opinionate (opinionates, present participle opinionating; past and past participle opinionated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To have or express as an opinion; to opine.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
- notwithstanding being (as he saith) counselled by a friend of his, at that instant, to kill himselfe, it fell out well for him to opinionate himselfe {{transterm
- 2002, Mike Thomas, Chicago Sun-Times, 15 Apr 2002:
- He doesn't editorialize and he doesn't try to opinionate. It is just the facts.
- (reflexive) To have a given opinion.
- German: eigensinnig sein, rechthaberisch sein
opinionate
- (archaic) opinionated
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