opinative
adjUK /ˈɒpɪnətɪv/ · US /əˈpɪnədɪv/
Etymology From opine + -ate + -ive. Middle French opinatif, and its source, Late Latin opinativus, from the participle stem of Latin opīnārī.
1
Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
2
Obsolete Opinionated, maintaining one's position stubbornly.
- [Socrates] was an illiterate idiot […] , to philosophers and travellers, an opinative ass, a caviller, a kind of pedant […], New York Review of Books, 2001, p.44
- Derived terms
- opinatively