Nivissa-vādin

adjective noun “speaking in the manner of being settled or sure,” a dogmatist Snp.910, Snp.913, explained at Mnd.326 as “sassato loko idam eva saccaṃ, mogham aññan ti”; at Snp-a.560 as “jānāmi passāmi tath’ eva etan ti.”

nivissa (ger. of nivisati) + vādin