sententious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/    美 /sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  2. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.
    — His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience.
  3. Full of meaning. obsolete

词形变化

more sententious comparative most sententious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
oversententious sententiosity sententiously sententiousness unsententious
相关词
sentential

词源

From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).
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