sententiousness

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sen·ten·tious (s

n-t

adj.

1. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.

a. Abounding in aphorisms.

b. Given to aphoristic utterances.

a. Abounding in pompous moralizing.

b. Given to pompous moralizing.

[Middle English, from Old French sententieux, from Latin sententisus, full of meaning, from sententia, opinion; see sentence.]

sen·tentious·ly adv.

sen·tentious·ness n.

Translations

sententiousness [senˈtenʃəsnɪs] N → sentenciosidad f, estilo m sentencioso

sententiousness

n the sententiousness of the lecture/speaker → der salbungsvolle Vortrag/Redner; …, he said with great sententiousness → …, sagte er salbungsvoll

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