opining
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]opining
- present participle and gerund of opine
Noun
[edit]opining (plural opinings)
- The act of giving one's opinion.
- 1849, Herman Melville, chapter 38, in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
- Now, sailors love marvels, and love to repeat them. And from many an old shipmate I have heard various sage opinings, concerning the phenomenon in question.