sententiousnessn.

/sɛnˈtɛnʃəsnɪs/

Etymology: < sententious adj. + -ness suffix.

The state or quality of being sententious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > quality of

sentencec1530

sententiousness1530

sententiosity1646

gnomology1806

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 269/1 Sentenciousnesse.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxxvi. 176 His brevity of succinct speaking, full of gravity, matter, sententiousness.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. i. Observ. 44 The solemnity and sententiousness of this speech is taken notice of by Eustathius.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. iv. 80 The old King, with that pointed sententiousness he frequently used, said [etc.].

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. viii. 167 ‘When people make favourites, they are apt to be deceived by them,’ Miss Tonks answered, with icy sententiousness.

1870 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) iv. 94 The frigid sententiousness..of their utterance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	sententiousness
释义	sententiousnessn. /sɛnˈtɛnʃəsnɪs/ Etymology: < sententious adj. + -ness suffix. The state or quality of being sententious. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > quality of sentencec1530 sententiousness1530 sententiosity1646 gnomology1806 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 269/1 Sentenciousnesse. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxxvi. 176 His brevity of succinct speaking, full of gravity, matter, sententiousness. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. i. Observ. 44 The solemnity and sententiousness of this speech is taken notice of by Eustathius. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. iv. 80 The old King, with that pointed sententiousness he frequently used, said [etc.]. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. viii. 167 ‘When people make favourites, they are apt to be deceived by them,’ Miss Tonks answered, with icy sententiousness. 1870 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) iv. 94 The frigid sententiousness..of their utterance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1530
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