| 单词 | sententious |
| 释义 | sententious[ sen-ten-shuhs ] / sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sententious ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveabounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous. given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet. of the nature of a maxim; pithy. Origin of sententiousFirst recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin sententiōsus “meaningful, pithy.” See sentence, -ous SYNONYMS FOR sententious2 preachy, didactic, sanctimonious, moralistic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR sententious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM sententiousWords nearby sententioussententia, sentential, sentential calculus, sentential connective, sentential function, sententious, senti, sentience, sentient, sentiment, sentimental Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sententiousBritish Dictionary definitions for sententioussententious / (sɛnˈtɛnʃəs) / adjectivecharacterized by or full of aphorisms, terse pithy sayings, or axioms constantly using aphorisms, etc tending to indulge in pompous moralizing Derived forms of sententioussententiously, adverbsententiousness, nounWord Origin for sententiousC15: from Latin sententiōsus full of meaning, from sententia; see sentence Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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