Emily Dickinson Lexicon

OPH-THAL-MO-TOL'O-GIST, n.

One versed in ophthalmotology.

OPH-THAL-MO-TOL'O-GY, n.

Science of ophthalmia or a treatise on it. Med. Journ.

OPH'THAL-MY, n. [Gr. οφθαλμια, from οφθαλμος, the eye.]

Inflammation of the eye or its appendages. Good.

O'PI-ATE, a.

1. Inducing sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; narcotic. Bacon.
2. Causing rest or inaction. Milton.

O'PI-ATE, n. [from opium.]

1. Primarily, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium. Encyc. A soft electuary. Electuaries when soft are called opiata. Parr. But in modern usage generally,
2. Any medicine that contains opium and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic. Encyc.
3. That which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness. They chose atheism as an opiate. Bentley.

O'PI-A-TED, a.

Mixed with opium.

O-PIF'ER-OUS, a. [L. ops, opis and fero.]

Bringing help.

O'PI-FICE, n.

Workmanship.

O-PIF'I-CER, n. [L. opifex; opus, work, and facio, to do.]

One who performs any work. [Not used.] Bentley.

O-PIN-A-BLE, a. [L. opinor.]

That may be thought. [Not used.] Dict.

OP-I-NA'TION, n.

Act of thinking; opinion. [Not used.] Dict.

O-PIN'A-TIVE, a.

Stiff in opinion. [Not used.] Burton.

OP-I-NA'TOR, n.

One fond of his own opinions; one who holds an opinion. [Not in use.] Glanville.

O-PINE, a. [L. opinor.]

To think; to suppose. [Obs.] South.

O-PIN-ED, pp.

Thought; conceived. [Obs.]

O-PIN-ER, n.

One who thinks or holds an opinion. [Obs.] Taylor.

O-PIN-IAS'TER, a. [or O-PIN-IAS'TROUS, or O-PIN-IA'TRE; Fr. opiniâtre.]

Unduly attached to one's own opinion, or stiff in adhering to it. [Obs.] Ralegh.

O-PIN'IATE, v.t.

To maintain one's opinion with obstinacy. [Obs.] Barrow.

O-PIN'IA-TED, a.

Unduly attached to one's own opinions. Shenstone.

O-PIN'IA-TER, a.

Stiff in opinion; obstinate. [Obs.] Barrow.

O-PIN'IA-TIVE, a.

1. Very stiff in adherence to preconceived notions. Sandys.
2. Imagined; not proved. Glanville.

O-PIN'IA-TIVE-NESS, n.

Undue stiffness in opinion. Ralegh.

O-PIN-IA'TOR, n.

One unduly attached to his own opinion. [Obs.]

O-PIN'IA-TRY, n.

Unreasonable attachment to one's own notions; obstinacy in opinions. [Obs.] Brown.

O-PIN-ING, n.

Opinion; notion. [Obs.] Taylor.