preopinion

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ opinion.

Noun

preopinion (uncountable)

  1. Opinion previously formed; prejudice.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
      an indistinct voracity eating almost any [foods]; others out of a timorous pre-opinion refraining very many
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