sententious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.
Full of meaning.

/sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sententious.wav

sententious more sententious most sententious

From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).

concise pithy aphoristic

sentential

oversententious sententiosity sententiously sententiousness unsententious

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