Word of the Day 2.23.09
sententious
sen·ten·tious (s
n-tn
sh
s)
adj.
1. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.
2.
a. Abounding in aphorisms.
b. Given to aphoristic utterances.
3.
a. Abounding in pompous moralizing.
b. Given to pompous moralizing.
[Middle English, from Old French sententieux, from Latin sententi
sus, full of meaning, from sententia, opinion; see sentence.]
sen·tentious·ly adv.
sen·tentious·ness n.
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| Adj. | 1. | sententious – abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; “too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation”- Kathleen Barnes
pretentious – making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; “a pretentious country house”; “a pretentious fraud”; “a pretentious scholarly edition”
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| 2. | sententious – concise and full of meaning; “welcomed her pithy comments”; “the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams”- Hervey Allen
concise – expressing much in few words; “a concise explanation”
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