opinionative

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Wolfe Tone declared him to be by far the most impudent and opinionative fellow that he had ever known in his life.

From Burke by Morley, John

The opinionative islander turned the still vibrating scale by pulling out a long purse and repeating his original theory, that the whole question was mercantile.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

Oh dear, no; a little egotistical, perhaps—I might even say a little opinionative; but then we all have our faults, and I fancy he will improve greatly on acquaintance.

From Herb of Grace by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

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," he writes, "peevish, covetous, morose, vain, talkative, but incapable of friendship, and dead to all natural affections, which never descended below their grandchildren.

From Essays in Rebellion by Nevinson, Henry W.