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notionate

[ noh-shuh-nit ]

adjective

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. strong-willed or stubborn.
  2. having foolish and fanciful notions.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of notionate1

First recorded in 1840–50; notion + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

I knowed she wasn't when she was so notionate this evenin'.

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She's mighty still, an' sits an' grieves a heap, but she aint never notionate.

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Thet was kinder notionate fer a gal to do.

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I know you'll think I'm notionate and changeable, but—I don't want to sell this house.

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I have heard my father tell it a thousand times in his pleasantry, how it was when my mother was a bride but newly come home and notionate, that she learned him these tricks.

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