opining

English

Verb

opining

1. present participle of opine

Noun

opining (plural opinings)

1. The act of giving one's opinion.
   • 1849, Herman Melville, chapter 38, in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], OCLC 2413019:

     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.

Translations

giving of one's opinion

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synsing (no) f

• Swedish: tyckande (sv) n