Sentiment

sen′ti-ment, n. a thought occasioned by feeling: opinion: judgment: sensibility: feeling: a thought expre ed in words: a maxim: a toast: emotion: an exhibition of feeling, as in literature or art: ( pl., phren. ) the second division of the moral faculties.— adj. Sent i men′tal , having or abounding in sentiments or reflections: having an exce of sentiment or feeling: affectedly tender.— v.t. Sent i men′talise , to talk sentiment.— ns Sent i men′talism , Sentimental′ity , quality of being sentimental: affectation of fine feeling; Sent i men′talist , one who affects sentiment or fine feeling: one guided by mere sentiment: one who regards sentiment as more important than reason.— adv. Sent i men′tally . [Fr.,—Late L.,—L. sentīre , to feel.]