(adj) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; - Kathleen Barnes, Example: too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation
(adj) concise and full of meaning; ; - Hervey Allen, Syn.sententious, Example: welcomed her pithy comments; the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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 ]
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