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opinionated, ppl. a.|əʊˈpɪnjəneɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
†1. Possessed of or holding a (specified) opinion; of opinion (that{ddd}); = opinioned 1. Obs.
1602W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 94 The Romans it seemeth were in this strangly opinionated: for the Græcians and others did approue such medicines. 1635W. Barriffe Mil. Discipl. lxii. (1643) 164 Divers men are diversly opinionated. 1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1661) 196 Mr. Trask towards his end fell to Antinomian opinions: He died at one of his friends houses, whose wife was that way somewhat opinionated.
†2. Possessed of a particular opinion or estimate of a person or thing; esp. having a favourable opinion, thinking highly of. Obs.
1601Munday Downf. Robt. Earl of Huntington ii. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley VIII. 139 How are you, sir, of me opinionated? a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 559 The Citizens..being highly opinionated of the mans integrity. 1739Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 68 As opinionated of their own parts and wisdom, as either modern Chinese or ancient Romans.
3. Thinking too highly of, or adhering too persistently to, one's opinion; conceited; obstinate in opinion, dogmatic, opinionative.
1601Cornwallis Ess. ii. li. (1631) 325 With our lives delivered to the censure of opinionated ignorance. 1754Richardson Grandison I. v. 20 A young gentleman lately married; very affected, and very opinionated. 1805J. Luccock Nat. Wool 219 The cynical sneer of self-opinionated folly. 1889Traill Strafford 201 The mere high-handed violence of the opinionated and self-willed autocrat.
b. Obstinate, self-willed (in general sense).
1649Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Use Passions (1671) 31 Of these two Passions..the more mild is the less tractable, and the more furious the less opinionated. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 388 They..are opinionated in sin because of his mercy. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop (C.D. ed.) 172 The most obstinate and opinionated pony.
Hence oˈpinionatedness.
1860S. Wilberforce Addr. Ordination 229 The quickened religious life..is exposed to all the temptations of religious self-will, party-spirit, self-opinionatedness, and division. 1889Sat. Rev. 18 May 619/2 Angouleme..had all the obstinacy and opinionatedness, of the Bourbons.
Add:4. In weakened use: holding firm views or opinions. U.S.
1976Forbes (N.Y.) 1 Nov. 127 Bjurman..has set up shop in Los Angeles with his son..and four other young, opinionated portfolio managers. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Apr. 42/4 (Advt.), Unattached NYC man,..sensitive, intellectual, seeks serious, opinionated, literary woman, 26-29, for dinner, theatre, tennis and good conversation. 1986Financial World 15 Apr. 34/3 His eccentric image, humble manner and placid voice notwithstanding, Wal-Mart's CEO is heartily opinionated, possessed of a staunch, personal sense of right and wrong in his business dealings. |