Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unexpected.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Not expected or looked for.
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- adjective obsolete Not
expected or looked for.
Etymologies
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Latin inopinatus. See in- not, and opine.
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Examples
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Andreana was, freed her selfe from the power of the Law; yet neither by force, or her owne vertue, but by her sodaine and inopinate death.
The Decameron 2004
whichbe commented on the word inopinate
Not thought of; unexpected. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008