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1. (adj.) sententious
given to or abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims.
2. sententious
given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3. sententious
of the nature of a maxim; pithy.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L sententiōsus meaningful)
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| Definition of 'sententious' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sententious
abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
"too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes
2. (adj) pithy, sententious
concise and full of meaning
"welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sententious
abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth
2. (adj) sententious
comprising or representing sentences; sentential
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