Synonyms for sententious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sen-ten-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs

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Définition of sententious

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj compact
  • adj pompous
  • adj concise
Example sentences :
  • His language has the richness and sententious fullness of the Chinese.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "Such do the most ill," Colonel John retorted, with sententious severity.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • "Grieved to hear it, Mr. Carew," was the grave, sententious reply.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • Its short, sententious sentences were altogether to his mind.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Shoemaker » by J. W. Keyworth
  • "That's lucky," was the sententious comment of the old doctor.
  • Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
  • Maria spoke in a sort of sententious wisdom which did not satisfy me at all.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
  • "You can not always believe what you read," was the sententious rejoinder.
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • I don't mean to be sententious, but this is the death-grapple that is coming.
  • Extract from : « Before the Dawn » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
  • "Avarice supersedes enterprise," added the sententious Augustus.
  • Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • "I am glad to have proved the strength of my brother," was the sententious reply.
  • Extract from : « Prisoners of Hope » by Mary Johnston
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