self-oˈpiniated, ppl. a.
[Formed after self-opinion.]
= self-opinionated.
| 1627 Sir S. D'Ewes Jrnl. (1783) 63 He being proud and selfe-opiniated, tooke his owne way. 1868 J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. I. 84 Such conceited and self-opiniated men. |
Hence
self-oˈpiniatedly adv.; so
† self-oˈpiniating a.;
self-oˈpiniativeness (
cf. self-opinionativeness).
| 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. |
| 1632 Lithgow Trav. x. 490 Peeuish and *selfe-opiniating Puritanes. |
| 1889 Skrine Mem. Thring 120 Disputants put this down to *self-opiniativeness. |