notionate

American  

[noh-shuh-nit] / ˈnoʊ ʃə nɪt /

adjective

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. strong-willed or stubborn.

2. having foolish and fanciful notions.

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Etymology

Origin of notionate

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

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Example Sentences

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notionate

He’s fussy sometimes and notionate, like the time when the surveyors were staying with us, and Mandy set some dishes on a chair.

From The House of Fulfilment by George Madden Martin

"I never knowed her to do nothin' notionate but thet," remarked Mrs. Nance, in speaking of it afterwards.

From Louisiana by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Thet was kinder notionate fer a gal to do.

From Louisiana by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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

From Clover and Blue Grass by Eliza Calvert Hall

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.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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