[sen.ti.ment] n [F or ML; F, fr. ML sentimentum, fr. L sentire] (1639) 1 a: an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling: predilection b: a specific view or notion: opinion
2. a: emotion b: refined feeling: delicate sensibility esp. as expressed in a work of art c: emotional idealism d: a romantic or nostalgic feeling verging on sentimentality 3 a: an idea colored by emotion b: the emotional significance of a passage or expression as distinguished from its verbal context syn see feeling, opinion