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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
sen·ten·tious       [sen-ten-shuhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
2.given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3.given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet.
4.of the nature of a maxim; pithy.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L sententiōsus meaningful. See sentence, -ous]

sen·ten·tious·ly, adverb
sen·ten·tious·ness, sen·ten·ti·os·i·ty       [sen-ten-shee-os-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun

2. preachy, didactic, sanctimonious, moralistic.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sen·ten·tious       (sěn-těn'shəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.
    1. Abounding in aphorisms.
    2. Given to aphoristic utterances.
    3. Abounding in pompous moralizing.
    4. Given to pompous moralizing.
    1. Abounding in pompous moralizing.
    2. Given to pompous moralizing.


[Middle English, from Old French sententieux, from Latin sententiōsus, full of meaning, from sententia, opinion; see sentence.]

sen·ten'tious·ly adv., sen·ten'tious·ness n.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sententious 
1440, "full of meaning," from M.Fr. sententieux, from L. sententiosus "full of meaning, pithy," from sententia "opinion, maxim" (see sentence). Meaning "addicted to pompous moralizing" first recorded 1598.

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sententious

adjective
1. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes 
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 [syn: pithy

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sententious

Sen*ten"tious\, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.]

1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.

How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! --Addison.

2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] "Sententious marks." --Grew. --- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.

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