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   sententious

   /sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner: "he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin sententiosus, from sententia ‘opinion’ (see sentence). The original sense was ‘full of meaning or wisdom’, later becoming depreciatory.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sententiously adverb
   • 2. sententiousness noun

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