sententious
pronunciation
How to pronounce sententious in British English:
UK [senˈtenʃəs]
How to pronounce sententious in American English:
US [sɛnˈtɛnʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
- concise and full of meaning
Word Origin
- sententious (adj.)
- mid-15c., "full of meaning," from Middle French sententieux, from Latin sententiosus "full of meaning, pithy," from sententia "thought; expression of a thought" (see sentence (n.)). Meaning "addicted to pompous moralizing" first recorded 1590s. Related: Sententiously; sententiousness.
Example
- 1. The document was sententious and pomjpou .
- 2. There are some sententious bits in the first three earthsea books , but I don 't think they stand out quite this baldly .
- 3. He is earnest , god knows , and his pronouncements on life and art verge , occasionally , on the sententious .
- 4. Generally his ideas were expressed in brief sententious phrase , spoken in low voice .
- 5. That message , oftendeliveredin sententious , near messianic tones , had little appeal .