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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -sententious-, *sententious*, sententiou
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
sententious(adj) เต็มไปด้วยสุภาษิต, See also: ซึ่งชอบเล่นสำนวน, เชิงสั่งสอน, Syn. aphoristic

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
sententious(เซนเทน'เชิน) adj. เต็มไปด้วยคติพจน์, เต็มไปด้วยสุภาษิต, เล่นสำนวน, ชอบสั่งสอน, เชิงเทศนา, เชิงปราชญ์, โอ้อวด., See also: sententiously adv. sententiousness n., Syn. pithy, terse, preachy, didactic

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
sententious(adj) เล่นสำนวน, เชิงสั่งสอน, เต็มไปด้วยคติพจน์

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
sententious
sententiously

WordNet (3.0)
sententious(adj) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; - Kathleen Barnes
pithy(adj) concise and full of meaning; ; - Hervey Allen, Syn. sententious

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Sententious

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

How he apes his sire,
Ambitiously sententious! Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [ Obs. ] “Sententious marks.” Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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