opinionate
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /əˈpɪnjəneɪt/
Verb

opinionate (opinionates, present participle opinionating; past and past participle opinionated)

  1. (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.
  2. (reflexive) To have a given opinion.
Translations
  • German: eigensinnig sein, rechthaberisch sein
Adjective

opinionate

  1. (archaic) opinionated



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