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sententious

sen·ten·tious

US/sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

  • “too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation” Kathleen Barnes
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2.

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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Origin

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

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