sententious
adjUS, UK /sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/
Etymology From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).
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
Obsolete Full of meaning.
- Synonyms
- concise, pithy, aphoristic
- Derived terms
- oversententious, sententiosity, sententiously, sententiousness, unsententious
- Related terms
- sentential