opiniated, ppl. a.
(əʊˈpɪnɪeɪtɪd)
[f. as opiniate a. + -ed. Cf. opinated and opinionated.]
† 1. Holding the opinion; of opinion (that{ddd}).
| 1610 Markham Masterp. i. lxxiii. 152, I am confidently opiniated, that bots are euer bred in the stomacke. |
† 2. Having a conceited opinion of; thinking much of. Obs.
| 1589 Late Voy. Sp. & Port. (1881) 47 It may be you will thinke me..too much opiniated of the Voiage, or conceited of the commanders. 1719 De Foe Crusoe ii. xii, Not being able to put the old Man out of his Talk, of which he was very opiniated or conceited. |
3. Obstinately attached to one's own opinion; opinionated.
| 1597 J. Payne Royal Exch. 29 Whosoever ys so styffly opiniated as so stande in there owne conceite. 1627 Sir S. D'Ewes Jrnl. (1783) 63 He being proud and self-opiniated, tooke his owne way. 1740 Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 294 Positive and opiniated to the last degree. 1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. 109 A vain opiniated idiot. 1870 Disraeli Lothair xiii. 56 The gardener, like all head-gardeners, was opiniated. |
Hence oˈpiniatedly adv.
| 1651 Hobbes Govt. & Soc. Author's Pref., [I] Would rather chuse to brooke with patience some inconveniences..then selfe opiniatedly disturb the quiet of the publique. |