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Sententious
sententious
adjective Etymology: Middle English, full of meaning, from Latin sententiosus, from sententia sentence, maxim Date: 1509 1. a. given to or abounding in aphoristic expression b. given to or abounding in excessive moralizing 2. terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression ; pithy, epigrammatic • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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1.
adj. 1 (of a person) fond of pompous moralizing. 2 (of a style) affectedly formal. 3 aphoristic, pithy, given to the use of maxims, affecting a concise impressive style. Derivatives sententiously adv. sententiousness n. Etymology: L sententiosus (as SENTENCE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. нравоучительный; сентенциозный sententious phrases —- сентенциозные фразы sententious sayings —- афоризмы sententious individual —- любитель изрекать расхожие истины ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
~ adj formal saying clever things about morality or the way people should behave (sententious remarks) - sententiously adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1440, "full of meaning," from M.Fr. sententieux, from L. sententiosus "full of meaning," from sententia "opinion, maxim" (see sentence). Meaning "addicted to pompous moralizing" first recorded 1598. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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