opinator

English

Etymology

Latin opīnātor, from opīnor (“to opine”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɒpɪneɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

opinator (plural opinators)

  1. (obsolete) Someone fond of their own opinions; one who holds an opinion.
    • a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, Of Catholick Charity (a sermon)
      it is that fond Opinators invest their beloved Congregation , with all the glorious Priviledges, and Titles, making Angels of their own men

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “opinator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

opīnātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of opīnor

References
  • “opinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “opinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • opinator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • opinator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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