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opinionative

[uh-pin-yuh-ney-tiv] / əˈpɪn yəˌneɪ tɪv /


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They were not only opinionative, peevish, covetous, morose, vain, talkative, but incapable of friendship and dead to all natural affection, which never descended below their grandchildren.

From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Therefore the opinionative power, which is the lower reason, is distinct from the mind and the intellect, by which we may understand the higher reason.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

One is ignorant when one does not know the good of things; opinionative when one rates things by conventional standards; wise when one knows their real good.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

They were not only opinionative, peevish, covetous, morose, vain, talkative, but incapable of friendship, and dead to all natural affection, which never descended below their grandchildren. 

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

If proud and opinionative, you will see nothing in the whole universe except the magnitude and importance of your own opinions.

From The Way of Peace by Allen, James