opiniatre

From French opiniâtre; see opiniaster.

• IPA^(key): /əˌpɪniˈeɪtə(ɹ)/

opiniatre (comparative more opiniatre, superlative most opiniatre)

1. Obsolete form of opiniaster.
   • 1693, [John Locke], “(please specify the section number)”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     you desire to have him an insignificant wrangler, opiniatre in discourse , and priding himself in contradicting others

• “opiniatre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.