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† oˈpiniator Obs.
Also 7 -our.
[agent-n. in L. form from opiniate v. In 17–18th c. app. often identified with opiniater, opiniatre B.]
One who holds or maintains an opinion (= opinator); esp. one who obstinately adheres to his opinion: = opiniatre B.
1523[Coverdale] Old God & New (1534) R ij, With syxe hundreth opiniators & questionistes braulynge and striuyng among them selues. 1638Mayne Lucian (1664) A iv, I do not wonder that such Opiniators should be sick of this Disease. 1670H. Stubbe Plus Ultra 42 He wished that first these Opiniatours would go to both Poles. 1714Savage Art of Prudence 182 All Fools are Opiniators.
So † oˈpiniatory a. Obs. = opiniatre A.
1626Sir D. Carleton Sp. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 359 In my opinion, the greatest and wisest part of a Parliament are those that use the greatest silence, so as it be not opiniatory, or sullen. |