Opinionate

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To express strong personal views or judgments about something, often with insistence or at length
2. To voice one's own convictions or perspectives in a forceful or pronounced manner
3. To state personal beliefs or assessments in a marked or emphatic way

Etymology: "Opinionate" is a plain formation: the noun "opinion" with the verb-forming suffix "-ate," meaning to furnish or supply with something. Its root is itself borrowed from Old French "opinion," which traces to Latin "opinio," a belief or judgment. Forming a verb from a noun by adding "-ate" follows a pattern English has used for centuries, and the same suffix produced "dominate" and "associate." The word also developed a second use. A separate adjective formed the same way, with the suffix carrying a perfect sense, gave the form now used to describe someone who is strongly inclined to hold firm views. The verb sense and the adjective sense sit side by side, so readers meet both meanings depending on the sentence.

Synonyms: opine, pontificate